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A new hero arrives! EM Rider Hachi! (Yuji)
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Post by Yuji Moriyama and Kazuo on Nov 21, 2021 4:31:46 GMT
"Heheheh... that's understandable," Sting said to Tartar in response to the arm-throwing. "It looks like that... monster fridge banged you up pretty good. I'm trying to remember if I've seen a Digimon like that before, but it appears that my mind is drawing blanks."
"That's because it wasn't a Digimon, it was a robot that got loose." Yuji intentionally left out the part of Tartar being responsible for building the hell fridge, the poor little mad scientist had suffered enough already.
It was then that Sting finally fully noticed the human in the room. "Oh, what's this? A human... I have never seen one with such brightly colored hair before. What is your name, human?"
"Yuji... Yuji Moriyama. I'm Kazuo's partner."
If Sting was actually surprised by this revelation, he sure did a damn good job of hiding it. "Well this is a turn of events. Did not anticipate that the prince would be partnered to a human..." He looked down at the confused Tentomon and kneeled down. "Your... human said your name was Kazuo, correct?"
"...y-yeah, it is," Kazuo admitted. "It... came to mind once and I just chose it as my name."
"The name suits you," Sting said with what one would assume was a smile. "As you can tell, my name is not very creative in the slightest. It's Stingmon without the mon. Ah well, names aren't as important to me as they are to others."
Metal would ask about the kingdom Sting had mentioned, Cobug. "Ah, right. Cobug is a city much like something along the lines of Rosewood or Ys, only our city is more... self-sufficient. It's underground in the Eastern Timberlands, roughly underneath the Server Woods and the Mainframe Hills. Cobug is a city designed for insect type Digimon, though we are welcome to all kinds. High rise buildings made of stone make up most of Cobug, with elevators going up to each floor for those who cannot fly, and the top of the large cave is enchanted to reveal the sky up above for a better atmosphere, not to mention our weather system that provides water and artificial sunlight for our people and our crops."
Soundblaster than asked if anyone wanted some coffee. "A cup would be most appreciated," Sting said to the Ballistamon.
"So... I really am a prince?" Kazuo asked. "It doesn't feel like I am one, honestly..."
"I understand if it is a lot to take in, Kazuo. I should have eased into it better, myself."
"So our quest to get more answers just left us with more questions... that sounds typical." Yuji patted his little buddy on the head in an attempt to comfort the Tentomon.
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Post by Octavio on Feb 18, 2022 19:44:41 GMT
"I'm not sure if that... fridge thing was actually a robot or some kinda cyborg... ;et's just call it an abomination and leave it at that." Cecilia said, glancing up at the hole in the roof and wincing. Her dad was not gonna be happy when he sees that.
"Cobug certainly sounds like it would be an interesting place to visit at some point." MetalKhimeramon added, before mildly sagging a bit. "Sadly, I cannot travel very far from this building at the moment. My current power sytem is not the best, and simply doesn't have a large enough battery life to support a long trip at this time."
"Don't worry, big guy. We'll sort that out as quickly as we possibly can." Cecilia responded, hopping over to pat the larger Digimon on the back. "Tartar's did build you, after all, so if any can fix your power issue, it'll be him. Right, Tartar? ... Tartar?"
The Kokuwamon X hadn't been paying attention to a word of what Cecilia had said, as the revelation of Kazuo's heritage had dredged up some old memory files the scientist had almost forgotten about. Uncharacteristically quiet, the Kokuwamon X merely stood there as his mind replayed snippets of video from his youth: an early memory of the Kokuwamon X playing with a spider/bee Digimon … a regal-looking Waspmon … a funeral service for his father.
Tartar found himself getting lost in the recollection, the memory files overlapping and looping over each other. He was snapped out of this state by the feeling of a pair of hands vigorously shaking him. Snapping back to attention, Tartar realized that Cecilia had been the one shaking him with a concerned look on her face. "...I'm sorry, what?"
"Are you okay, Tartar? You were all frozen like when Dad said your system crashed during that one show in Ys!" Cecilia explained, keeping a firm grip on her teammate.
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Post by Yuji Moriyama and Kazuo on Feb 20, 2022 3:20:03 GMT
"You guys might want to invest in at least some kind of security system then," Yuji said to Cecilia as he glanced up at the hole as well. "Since that thing was able to bust in here so easily like that. Remind me to get out of here when your dad comes back."
"If you need assistance patching up that hole, I know a thing or two about patching things up," Sting said, holding his hands behind his back. "That is, if you require my assistance, of course." The MetalKhimeramon brought up that he'd be interested in visiting Cobug, though his battery life wasn't powerful enough to make the trip. "You run on electricity... do you require a special charging station?"
"Do... you get crazy like Tartar when you get too much electricity?" Kazuo asked, just to be sure. Judging by the tone of his voice though, he kind of forced himself to ask that question, since he was still thinking about what Sting had just said to him... a prince? Was he really the prince of a kingdom named Cobug?
Though it seems Kazuo wasn't the only one phased by all of this. The mad scientist Tartar was unusually quiet, and it looked like he was staring off into space during Sting's explanation of Cobug. Judging from how Yuji and Kazuo knew Tartar to be by this point... this was very uncharacteristic of him. Cecilia seemed to agree, as she had to shake the Kokuwamon-X to get him to snap out of that state.
"Hey, you okay, man?" Yuji asked the mad scientist as he knelt down to his level. "You were going all quiet for a moment there."
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Post by Octavio on Feb 20, 2022 22:19:18 GMT
"*ahem* Actually, MetalKhimeramon is our security system. He's just still in the process of learning how to do the job due to the fact he's technically only a couple of months old." Cecilia awkwardly explained. "Not that that's a bad thing, of course. He's still trying his best, after all."
MetalKhimeramon responded by giving Cecilia a thumbs-up with one of his Datamon hands, showing that he took no offense to her statement. When Sting inquired about helping to fix the whole, as well as MetalKhimeramon's charging requirements, the mechanical amalgamate merely stated, "You would have to ask the General for permission to help with repairing the hole, although he is currently away at the moment. As for charging, I don't need a specialized charging station. Any sufficiently powerful electrical current I can physically interact with will suffice, including lightning bolts."
When Yuji joined Cecilia in checking to see if Tartar was okay, the damaged Kokuwamon X merely looked away and sighed before answering. "M-my apologies. The re-re-revelation of Kazuo's herit-t-tage merely b-brought up some... old me-memories. Don't w-w-worry about it."
It was obvious that Cecilia wasn't buying that it was merely "nothing", but she wasn't sure if now was the right time to pry any further into the scientist's past.
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Post by Yuji Moriyama and Kazuo on Mar 7, 2022 4:46:05 GMT
"Oh..." Okay, so Yuji totally did not know that MetalKhimeramon was meant to be the security system for this base. It made sense that he'd still be learning if he was only a couple of months old at this point. "Well, I'm sure when he learns everything he needs to learn, he'll make waste of that abomination fridge in no time!" That was enough to save it, right?
With Sting's offer to help fix the roof, Metal told the Stingmon that he'd need to ask the General first, though he was away at the moment. "I see..." He would then fold his right arm in front of him, as if he were doing a bow. "If Yuji and Kazuo are to remain for the time being, then I shall as well. If I got here sooner, I could've stopped that refrigerator from smashing into the roof."
MetalKhimeramon could also absorb any type of sufficient electricity to get power back, it seemed. "Would one of my Super Shockers do the trick then? Probably not, since I think there'd have to be four of me to do it since you're a champion... wait, are you a champion?" Yup, Kazuo's natural stupidity was shining through, alright.
Now back with Tartar... it seemed that the revelation of Kazuo's heritage managed to bring back memories to the Kokuwamon-X. "What kinda memories? Are you secretly royalty, too? Can robots even be royal...?"
"...are they about your family?" Yuji asked. "If they are, then I can understand why you'd react like that. I don't have the best relationship with my dad and brother right now, though things are admittedly better now than they have been before. It got so bad that Kazuo and I were talking about abandoning them and coming to live in the Digital World."
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Post by Octavio on Mar 7, 2022 13:34:18 GMT
"H-heh, you t-t-two are actually pret-t-t-ty close." Tartar replied to Yuji and Kazuo's inquiries about his memories, letting out a bitter chuckle after he spoke. "My... moth-th-ther was technically the queen b-bee of a small hive. Literally, since she is a Wasp-p-pmon. She w-was... not a g-g-good parent. She didn't like that I decided to pursue a ca-ca-career in science instead of remaining with the hive, so when she rem-m-married after my father's death and gave birth to my half-b-b-brother, she focused all of her attention on him and basically treated me like gar-garbage."
All of the present members of the Xros Army were stunned by the Kokuwamon X's revelation, resulting in a period of absolute silence from all of them until Cecilia finally responded with a quiet, "Holy crap."
"Y-yes, that's why I-I made the ch-choice to get as f-f-far away from there as possible-ble, crossing a cont-t-tinent and changing my n-name to stay under the radar." Tartar added, his dark tone making it quite clear just how much he hated his birthplace. "D-d-does that answer-er-er your questions?"
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Post by Yuji Moriyama and Kazuo on Mar 11, 2022 3:55:01 GMT
Well... Tartar's story was not what Yuji, Kazuo or even Sting were quite expecting. Tartar revealed that his mother was a Waspmon, the queen bee of a hive. She didn't like that Tartar wanted to pursue science, so then presumed to remarry and have another child, focusing all of her attention on that child instead and treating Tartar like garbage. "Wait... robots can have parents, too? I'm confused."
"I can relate to a shitty parent, dude," Yuji said in response, ignoring what Kazuo had just said, "after my mom died, my dad got really bitter and angry as the years went on. It's tough, and I'm sorry you had to go through something like that." Like Yuji had said, things were better with his family now, but that pain doesn't go away that easily.
"Speaking of parents," Sting spoke up, referring to both Yuji and Kazuo, "Now that I have found Prince Kazuo, I believe his own parents are dying to be reunited with him after all this time."
"Oh, no thank you, Mr. Sting sir."
"...I beg your pardon?"
"I said no thank you," Kazuo repeated. "Why would my parents, if they even exist, wanna see me if they just abandoned me like that?"
"You don't understand, Your Highness, your disappearance has been the biggest mystery of Cobug for half a decade, and in that time our king and queen have spared no expense and spent countless sleepless nights ensuring that we find out and bring you back home."
"I don't care about Cobug. My place is with Yuyu, not in some dumb kingdom that couldn't even keep me safe as a baby."
"Kazuo, don't you even wanna know who your parents are?" Yuji asked, " or where you come from?"
Kazuo shook his head, smiling at Yuji... even if that wasn't obvious. "I have you, Yuyu. What else do I need?"
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Post by Octavio on Mar 12, 2022 13:09:29 GMT
"Yes, I have actual parents. I may be a mechanical Digimon, but I'm still a Digimon." Tartar bluntly replied after Kazuo expressed confusion about Tartar actually having parents. That statement was technically only a half-truth since the Kokuwamon X’s body was so heavily modified that he was indeed more robot than Digimon at that point, although his Digicore showed that he still technically a Digimon despite his cybernetics.
Kazuo's blunt refusal to go to Cobug and see his birth family was quite a shock to everyone, including Tartar himself. Realizing that his story might have played a part in influencing the young bug’s decision, Tartar set his severed arm on a table before going over to Kazuo and placing his good hand on Kazuo’s shoulder. “Not all f-f-families are like my mother, Kazuo. At least give y-your birth family a lance-*clang* CHANCE and see what kind of people-ple they are before writing them off. If you still do not want them in your life after meeting th-them, then that is your choice.”
It was at that point that Soundblaster came back into the room holding a tray with one oversized and one normal-sized mug of coffee, the smaller of which he handed to Sting. “Alright, I’m back with the coffee. Did I miss anything important?”
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Post by Yuji Moriyama and Kazuo on Mar 19, 2022 1:03:03 GMT
"You seem different than other mechanical Digimon though," Kazuo said to the mad scientist. "Those ones still look like their metal parts were still a part of them, but you kinda look more metal-y than other Kokuwamon's I've seen... does that make sense? It could just be me feeling this way."
Kazuo's refusal to visit Cobug was indeed a shock to everyone, including Sting himself. Of course, Sting was a respectful 'mon, so if Kazuo didn't want to go with him to Cobug, then he certainly wasn't going to force the Tentomon to. But before he could bow and state that he understood, it was surprisingly Tartar who walked up to Kazuo, putting his good hand on the bug's shoulder and asking him to at least give his birth family a chance. "I dunno..."
"He didn't say you had to go alone," Yuji said, kneeling down to Kazuo's level. "I'll go with you, simple as that. I'll be right there by your side the entire time. And like Tartar says, if you still don't wanna be with them after you met them, we'll ditch the place and head back home. What do you say?"
Now was when Soundblaster would come back with two mugs of coffee, one of which was extraordinarily big. If Sting's eyes could widen, they would've as the Ballistamon handed him the smaller of the two mugs. "Oh my, that's a lot of coffee... are you sure you'll be able to drink all of that?" Sting asked before he took a sip from his own mug.
Soundblaster asked if he had missed anything important. Yuji, Kazuo and Sting all sweatdropped in response. "Yeah, you missed quite a lot, dude..." Yuji simply stated.
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Post by Octavio on Apr 9, 2022 0:17:32 GMT
"The reason I'm more 'metal-y', as you s-s-say, is that large portions of m-my body have been replaced by artificial com-components, including this severed arm. No one who surv-vives an encounter with a Dem-m-mon Lord ever manages to escape unsc-cathed." Tartar explained. "But that is a story for another t-time. If you wish, we can sched-dule a time for you to come and visit us in the fut-t-ture after I finish patching myself up, and I would be happy to t-tell you the whole story. But for now, I wish to g-go and get myself fixed up. You can contin-tinue this conversation without me."
Having excused himself, Tartar went deeper into the lab in order to fix himself, leaving Cecilia, MetalKhimeramon, and Soundblaster in the room with Yuji, Kazuo, and Sting. With Tartar's departure, Ceilia went over and kneeled down in front of Kazuo. "Well, whatever choice you do make regarding your family, just know that you'll always have friends here. We won't judge you for it."
Soundblaster, meanwhile, shrugged and took a sip of his drink in response to Sting's inquiry about the coffee. "This is how much coffee I usually drink."
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