The Second [Gates Plot - Opener]

It had been some time since the incident in Folder Desert, and at this point, this was all that most knew about the event:

•  A pillar of light had appeared in the desert.
  
• Overnight, a tower appeared in the same location.
• Machines were drawn to the tower, with the collective idea to build an independent city.
• When the tower was damaged, the idea vanished.

On the surface, the situation seemed simple: a powerful machine Digimon had created the tower as a means to subjugate others to his will – definitely an odd phenomenon, but not one without compare. And as the days and weeks past, the cities of the Digital World were content to leave it at that: a one-off occurrence, resolved by those who had participated through the Missions Guild.

That was, until another pillar of light erupted from the surface of the Digital World and pierced the sky above, deep in the wilds of the Valley of Dragons. Similar to the first, this powerful beacon of light soared through the clouds, a powerful pulse of energy sent off in every direction, before once more vanishing in the midday.

Was this to be a repeat of what had happened in the desert? Well, no: though a few expected the same ‘script’ to follow, there was no tower, nor a gathering of machines, or even dragons. In fact, the denizens of Dragon Valley – or at least those willing to talk to outsiders – were just as confused as those looking to investigate from the outside.

However, one thing was certain: these “pillars of light” were not one-off occurrences. And as the two had appeared in wildly different places in the Digital World, it was likely that similar events would start to sprout up across the Digital World.

There was a mystery afloat, and the world needed answers.