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Into the Depths (Partner hunt) (Invite)
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Post by Octavio on Apr 14, 2021 3:58:01 GMT
After the long flight to Terminus, the group had finally arrived at the stairs leading down into Old Terminus. Tartar turned to the group, and said, "This stairway is the closest entrance to Old Terminus from my laboratory. It will not be a long walk once we reach the bottom of the stairs, and once we reach the laboratory we can awaken Soundblaster and locate your daughter, Octavio."
"We'd better. If it turns out that you lied to me, I'm gonna turn your sorry can into a toaster oven." Octavio told the Kokuwamon X. "How were you even able to track her down, though? I trained her to be an expert in stealth."
"You forget that standard MBM-issue equipment like her tactical goggles comes equipped with tracking chips in case of theft. The signal is weak from age-related degradation, but is still detectable. We can use the signal to pinpoint her location." Tartar answered. "If you have any questions before we descend, now is the time to ask them." WC: 169/2000
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Apr 14, 2021 4:13:07 GMT
Ryuji followed behind Tartar and Octavio with Yoshihiro once again in his in training form as he was tired from the long flight but still awake. With luck his ultimate form wouldn't be needed for a while since Yoshihiro doubted he had the energy for anything higher than her champion form.
As they made their way Octavio's and Tartar's distrust came forth again as Octavio threatened to turn Tartar into a toaster oven if he was found out to be lying. "Easy you two. Fighting like this isn't all that helpful to finding Cecilia." Ryuji said in an effort to pacify the two of them.
A random thought had entered Yoshihiro's head just then as he began giggling before he said "Let's just hope you shyness around girls doesn't rear it's head again, Ryuji." The only response Ryuji made was in the form of a sigh before he facepalmed. Even tired his partner seemed to be a handful.
OOC: 158/2000
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Post by Johan Walker on Apr 17, 2021 1:31:58 GMT
While the group had just arrived to the stairs down to Old Terminus, another group was already inside of the area themselves, not too far from the entrance. This group included Johan Walker, a teenage male with messy brown hair, green eyes and his AEGIS attire, which consisted of a grey trench coat with cyan trim and a cyan tie, with a grey button-up shirt, dark grey pants and black shoes. He was also wearing a black leather glove over his left hand. This would turn out to be his usual attire when in the Digital World.
Johan was not alone though. Accompanying him was his partner Dokamon and their new co-worker, an AppHackmon who went by the alias Zero. The group was currently here investigating Old Terminus, specifically its history and exploring the rumors of a gateway to the prototype Digital World. Of course not all of them were interested in doing this job, however.
"So why did I have to come along, again?" Zero asked in a bored tone.
"Because everyone else is on a mission and we frankly don't trust you alone at AEGIS HQ," Johan deadpanned without even turning to look at Zero, looking around for potential clues instead.
"...okay, that's fair."
"Just do not try anything funny," Dokamon warned Zero as he and Johan continued looking around for anything that could lead them towards some answers about Old Terminus.
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Post by Octavio on Apr 17, 2021 2:04:13 GMT
"If there are no more questions, then we should begin our descent." Tartar said before he started walking down the stairs. He wanted to get this over with as soon as possible.
"Fine by me." Octavio said as he followed the Kokuwamon X. He didn't want to waste any more time, so he was willing to put his beef with Tartar on hold for a little while. Once the group made it down into Old terminus proper, the ShogunOctomon let out a whistle as he looked at their surroundings. "I will admit, though, that I'm actually wondering why you chose to have your lab here of all places."
"I highly doubt someone like yourself would understand the mechanics behind my reasoning. Or even really care about such a thing." Tartar replied. Going up to a particular section of a wall, he removed a section of stone to reveal a data port embedded in a hole. Tartar then extended his hacking cable and plugged it into the data port.
"Eh, fair enough." Octavio admitted. A few minutes after Tartar plugged into the port, a section of the wall loudly opened up to reveal the entrance to Tartar's lab.
"Soundblaster's storage pod is located inside." Tartar said as he withdrew his hacking cable. WC: 380/2000
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Apr 17, 2021 2:27:39 GMT
Not yet aware of the other group, Ryuji followed Tartar and Octavio into Old Terminus. When Octavio and Tartar where having a discussion about the location of the lab, Ryuji took a look around himself before he said "I may not be an expert in places to hide but since this area seems fairly isolated, I wouldn't be surprised if there would be others that have laboratories or hideouts to escape the casual eye."
"And you say I watch too much TV." Yoshihiro muttered from the seventeen year old tamer's shoulder but Ryuji had heard everything the Calumon said and chose to ignore it as he watched Tartar used a cable to open up an entrance to his secret lab.
When Soundblaster was mentioned again, Ryuji had to admit he was curious about this clone of a digimon named Soundwave. "So what kind of digimon is Soundblaster? I have to admit I've been curious the entire trip here." Ryuji said planning to follow behind Octavio and Tartar still.
OOC: 326/2000
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Post by Johan Walker on Apr 17, 2021 4:16:13 GMT
While Johan and Dokamon were focused studying and observing the immediate area, Zero simply sat in place, his head resting on his claw. There wasn't really any use for his skills in Old Terminus, especially since he could only barely hack the Digital World's ground itself and there was no useable computer in sight anywhere. He didn't really care about what to find in this dump either, ancient civilization and Digital World prototype. Big whoop. Zero was more interested in the data structure of the current Digital World and the internet itself.
However, it was because of his apathy that Zero was the only one to notice the group coming down the stairs at first. He raised an eyebrow, thinking that whatever this group was doing was way more interesting than what his coworkers were doing at the moment. This group consisted of a human and three Digimon; a Calumon, a Kokuwamon, and some kinda fish Digimon that Zero had never seen before. He watched from behind another piece of rubble as the Kokuwamon seemed to hack into a particular wall, before it loudly opened up to reveal some sort of entrance.
Hmhmhm, now this is interesting...! Zero joyfully thought. He would wait for the group to enter before he entered himself, making extra sure to not be noticed by them in the meantime. Thankfully he was pretty good at stealth; you had to be when you were a hacker, after all!
Meanwhile Johan and Dokamon would both hear the loud opening sound coming from not too far away. "Dokamon, did you hear that sound?"
"I did. It seemed to be coming from that direction. Do you wish to go investigate?"
"Yeah, we better-" Johan began to say as he took a step. However, he felt like he stepped into something... off. Looking down at his foot, he would find that he stepped right into a puddle of some kind of pink liquid. Not only that, this liquid was eating away at his shoe. "CRIKEY!" Johan yelled as he jerked his foot out of the puddle and hopped back a bit. By this point his shoe and sock had both completely melted away. "Bollocks, I liked those shoes too... just what in the bloody hell is this stuff?"
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Post by Octavio on Apr 17, 2021 4:46:51 GMT
Although he'd never admit it out loud, Octavio was actually impressed at the lab's entrance being hidden in the wall itself. He was curious as to how Tartar had accomplished this, but he decided to hold that line of questioning for later. "Well, now I've seen everything.""Soundblaster and his progenitor are both Ballistamons, although Soundwave had a symbiotic relationship with a Soundbirdmon named Noisemaze that lives in Soundwave's chest cavity." Tartar explained in response to Ryuji's question as he and Octavio entered the lab. "However, Soundblaster's appearance was modified and recolored in order to distinguish him from his progenitor. In hindsight, that modification most likely factored into the clone not developing Soundwave's telepathic abilities."Once the group had fully entered the lab, Tartar closed the entrance using a keypad located near the door, keeping a close eye on the surrounding area outside the lab. He thought he might have seen a shadow or something in the distance, so he wanted to make sure no one would disturb them. After closing the door, he went to a nearby terminal located on the far side of the lab, hooked up to a large pod. After the Kokuwamon X typed in a few commands on the keypad, the pod opened up to reveal a grey and yellow Ballistamon that immediately stepped out of the pod after waking up. "UNIT: SOUNDBLASTER ACTIVATED." The Ballistamon stated, his voice sounding harsh, like it had been run though a faulty vocoder. He transformed his arms into gatling guns and examined them before returning them to their normal shapes. "WHAT ARE YOUR COMMANDS?"Meanwhile, Johan's shout from the ink melting his shoe and sock alerted a Digimon that was hiding in a nearby ink puddle behind the Tamer and Dokamon. Emerging silently from the ink puddle behind the two, she slowly and quietly approached the duo from behind before pressing two guns to their backs. A larger, gun that looked like a large squirt gun filled with the corrosive ink was pointed at Dokamon, while a smaller ink pistol was pointed at Johan's back. "Don't move. Hands in the air."
WC: 735/2000 Cecilia emerged from an ink puddle using her Ink Body ability.Ink Body: Melts into a puddle of her own pink ink to evade attacks for 1 turn. 4 post cooldown. CD: 0/4
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Apr 17, 2021 7:05:25 GMT
So Soundblaster and Soundwave were Ballistamon but, other than telepathic abilities, Soundwave had a symbiotic bond with a Soundbirdmon called Noisemaze, what ever a Soundbirdmon was. Instead of asking questions, Ryuji figured he could ask Yoshihiro what a Soundbirdmon was later.
When Soundblaster was awakened Ryuji took in the metal bugs appearance with a look of awe before he asked "So Soundwave looks similar to Soundblaster here?"
"Not all digimon of the same species have the same color scheme, Ryuji, but ordinarily such differences in appearance are minor like eye colors." Yoshihiro explained to his tamer. The little Calumon's ears were now wiggling. It was as if something was off. After a few moments he realized what was up. It was quiet. Too quiet and the small martial artist was looking visually uncomfortable. "Hey everyone. I don't hear anything but you guys. Normally I would be hearing things like small life forms like outside. If they have gone silent that means one thing. We're not alone" Yoshihiro said as he floated off of Ryuji's shoulder waiting for the cause of the silence to show itself.
OOC: 511/2000
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Post by Johan Walker on Apr 17, 2021 22:12:09 GMT
Despite Tartar being extra careful and closing the lab's door as soon as everyone was inside, Zero was just a bit too quick and sneaky for him and the AppHackmon still managed to slip right in, sticking to the shadowy parts of the room as to not be spotted by the Kokuwamon. He overheard him talking about Ballistamons named Soundblaster and Soundwave, whoever they were. Apparently one was a clone of the other? Not much information was given to Zero as he quietly sneak-followed the group.
Zero watched from a good hiding place as the Kokuwamon typed in some commands on a terminal on the far side of this lab, and the large pod nearby it opened up to reveal a grey and yellow Ballistamon inside. It seemed to turn on exactly like a robot would, asking for commands after bootup in a very harsh voice.
Yeesh, this guy's more robotic than Dokamon, Zero thought. Though being able to turn your hands into gattling guns is pretty neat.
Zero tensed up a bit when the Calumon spoke up. Apparently it was too quiet in here, which of course just immediately meant "intruder." While the Calumon was correct that an intruder was here... seriously? You got that from the place being too quiet? Whatever, Zero can just take the info from the massive computer and go. Zero would very cautiously sneak over to what seemed to be the most important computer in the lab, still sticking to the shadows as best as he could. Once getting to the computer, his hacking wires would then attach to the computer, allowing Zero to access all those important files and decide which ones he wanted to take or not.
Back outside of the lab, Johan and Dokamon would each feel a gun of some sort touch their backs, followed by a female voice telling them to not move and to raise their hands in the air. Johan assumed that whoever this was made the pink acidic liquid, and the guns were more than likely filled with it as well. The partners looked at each other before complying, each raising their hands just like they were told.
"You know you owe me another pair of shoes, right?" Johan asked their "captor."
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Post by Octavio on Apr 17, 2021 23:03:46 GMT
Once Soundblaster was awakened, Tartar went to the main computer terminal in his lab to begin tracking the signal from Cecilia's gear. however, when he went to the terminal, he noticed various data files quickly flashing across the screen. That, combined with Yoshihiro's warning about not being alone, tipped the Kokuwamon X off that someone was hacking his system. He immediately ran to a wall and hit a red switch located on it. Once the switch was flipped, the lights in the lab started flashing red, as a siren started blaring through the lab's sound system.
"WARNING, INTRUDER ALERT. LOCKDOWN INITIATED." A synthetic voice announced as a series of bars covered the door to prevent it from being opened. Soundblaster immediately shifted his arms back into Gatling guns as he scanned the surroundings.
"It would seem we have an uninvited guest. I would highly recommend that you show yourself, or else Soundblaster will be authorized to use lethal force." Tartar called out, as he manually unplugged the main computer terminal.
Back outside the lab, Cecilia backed up a step while keeping her ink blasters pointed at the two. "I don't owe anything to a couple of trespassers intruding on my territory. Now, you're going to explain why you've come here, or else you'll see what my ink can do to unprotected flesh." WC: 957/2000 Ink Body CD: 1/4
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Apr 17, 2021 23:21:29 GMT
Ryuji watched as Tartar activated a switch which set off loud alarms and sealed the place off which would likely make escaping more difficult. Then he turned back to where Yoshihiro was and found him gone. After looking around the room in alarm for a few seconds he looked back where Yoshihiro was and looked down seeing the Calumon clutching his head with his paws tightly over his ears in a desperate attempt to block out the loud noise.
Yoshihiro's hearing had definitely became a curse instead of a blessing in this moment now as he was crying out in pain as he rolled around on the floor. As Ryuji bent down and picked Yoshihiro up the little Calumon voiced his issue as he shouted "Tartar turn that damned torture device off. Have you ever heard of silent alarms?" Yoshihiro said more that was not drowned out by the alarm but it would not be considered PG-13 and to say Ryuji was shocked was an understatement as he gaped in shock at the Calumon in his arms as he was now standing up again.
OOC: 695/2000
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Post by Johan Walker on Apr 18, 2021 0:26:25 GMT
For a minute or two, everything seemed to be going fine for Zero. There was plenty of data on this computer that interested him, and without thinking twice he would snatch up as much as he could. Sadly it was inevitable that he was going to be caught, with the Kokuwamon noticing files flashing across the screen, and surely the warning about an intruder from the Calumon tipped him off as well. "Uh oh..." Zero had to pick up the pace once the alarm started going off, download more files within his own data matrix for safekeeping before it was all shut down.
All he could do was focus on obtaining the less secure info for the moment, which was still insanely valuable. Unfortunately that was when the Kokuwamon unplugged the whole thing. Zero could still feel the data he obtained within him, but unless it was plugged in he was just not going to be able to get any more. Not only that, the Soundblaster thing was now on the lookout for any intruders within the lab. Zero could still use his Connect Jump ability to escape, but he needed something plugged in to be able to do that.
The Kokuwamon recommended that Zero show himself. Heh, as if he was going to do that right now. He looked at the Ballistamon... what if HE had some useful information? ...on second thought I actually prefer living. What to do, what to do... WAIT! There was a keypad by the door... he could hack into it and open up the doors, and even better he could come back later when those other guys were long gone! Zero would sneak around the group again, though this time it would be much harder to do so, and head right back towards the entrance. His hacking wires attached to the keypad and would start working to get it to open up the door.
Back with Johan and Dokamon, the mysterious voice simply stated that she didn't owe them anything and threatened them to explain why they were here. "It's very risky, threatening a member of AEGIS like that. I assure you we're not here with malicious intent, we're just... wait a second, where's Zero?"
"He most likely abandoned us," Dokamon grumbled.
"Anyways, we're just here investigating rumors of a prototype Digital World. Nothing else."
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Post by Octavio on Apr 19, 2021 4:34:49 GMT
At Yoshihiro's rather... crude insistence, Tartar tapped a few keys on a keyboard and muted the alarm sire, although the red lights continued flashing. "The design of this alarm was not made to take the enhanced senses of other Digimon into consideration. An oversight that shall be soon be corrected."
the sound of the lab's door being unlocked prompted Soundblaster to quickly spin around and start firing his Gatling guns at the now-revealed AppHackmon. Some of the bullets hit the keypad for the door, causing it to spark and shut down from the damage. his caused the door to become stuck slightly open, albeit not open enough for any Digimon or human to squeeze through. It seemed that nobody would be going through unless they were strong enough to manually pry open the heavy door.
Back outside the lab, Cecilia frowned at the mention of a third person who had snuck off from the others. "Please, why don't you try to pull my other tentacle? I'm sick of thieves and ruffians like you all coming down here to loot the place and cause trouble. Who do you really work for, and where is your other 'friend'?"
She clicked the safeties off on her ink blasters, ready to pull the triggers if she didn't like what she heard next. WC: 1175/2000
Ink Body CD: 2/4
(Got 2/2 approval on the edit. The hunt is back on, my friends!)
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Post by ricochet2-Ryuji&Calumon on Apr 19, 2021 7:46:43 GMT
Thankfully Tartar turned the dreaded alarm off so hopefully Yoshihiro would be in a better mood. Ryuji looked down at the Calumon in his arms and said "Is that better, Yoshihiro?"
"What?" Yoshihiro asked as he rubbed his ears and then said "All I can hear is my ears ringing right now. You have to wait a moment."
Waiting a moment proved harder than they thought as at that moment all hell broke loose as Soundblaster began opening fire at the revealed AppHackmon causing Ryuji to dive to the floor in an effort to take cover. "Yoshihiro, do you have enough power to digivolve?" Ryuji asked hoping that Yoshihiro's ears had recovered.
Though aware of the chaos, Yoshihiro could barely hear his tamer only hearing his name and the word power. What was his tamer talking about? Staring in a lost manner he pointed at the AppHackmon and said "Are you talking about that guy, Ryuji?" At Ryuji's nod Yoshihiro wiggled free of his tamer and said "Calumon digivolve to..Calumon(Rookie form)" Now as a four foot tall rookie he began uncurling his three foot tail before cracking it like a whip a couple times before he said "All right pal I suggest you surrender before Soundblaster brings about all our ends."
OOC: 908/2000
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Post by Johan Walker on Apr 19, 2021 23:48:04 GMT
On one hand, the loud and annoying alarms had been changed to a muted version, so that was a relief for Zero's ears. And Zero even managed to be able to unlock the door successfully! On the other hand, the Soundblaster guy heard the sounds of the door being unlocked and opening, and he immediately shot towards the AppHackmon. While Zero wasn't hit, the keypad was, and it stopped the door from opening and caused it to be only open enough for someone very flat to fit through.
"Oh for the love of..." Zero bitterly growled. He slid his paws through the opening before enlarging them, attempting to lift up on the door in order to get out. He knew he had to hurry at this point, the others would most likely be charging at Zero right at this point. If he was strong enough he'd open up the doors enough and slide out as fast as possible.
Johan sighed when this Digimon still didn't believe them, demanding to know who they worked for and where their other friend was. "If you don't believe me, fine," Johan said. Suddenly both him and Dokamon would go invisible, surely shocking Cecilia enough to stagger for a bit. They would both quickly move behind Cecilia (who turned out to be some kind of squid-girl Digimon) and strike at her, Johan with his digivice's Hardlight Baton and Dokamon with his fists, causing them both to reappear. If it wasn't enough to knock her out, it would sure still hurt like heck! Johan and Dokamon use "Holo-Camouflage" to get behind Cecilia and strike.
Division Ability: Holo-Camouflage - Members of this division have the ability to use a special function of their digivices that uses hologram technology based from that of holosuits that renders them almost invisible by creating an image of what others would see on their other side if they weren't there. This ability can last a maximum of 3 turns and needs 2 turns of cooldown for each turn it was active.
If an attack is made by a camouflaged digimon, the hologram automatically ends. The hologram only protects them from visual detection and they can still be smelled, heard, felt, or give off heat signatures.
Cooldowns -Holo-Camoflauge (0/2)
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