Some Lessons are Best Learned the Hard Way [Silence]

Patrols in terminus were always so very boring; no one usually caused trouble out in the open; it was always some little stuff or silent ventures where you had issues finding where the trouble was. But this time around? She got word that there was a Devidramon causing trouble on a particular street. Chasing after what looked to be a pair of younger digimon.

Normally a lot of people would just scoff at it or put it to that the little ones were thieves but silence knew better. That part of town wasn’t well known for having open stalls or shops around this time. Most of them liked relaxing during this point of the day. So silence made her way to that street, seeing the two dracomon’s duck into an alley in an effort to get away from the chasing Devidramon.

An arm stuck it’s way into the alley and the snarling dragon didn’t seem to notice her. Growling a bit the shutmon braced herself and then took off running towards the scene. Most rookies steered clear of the larger mons but. In this case silence wasn’t even close to that.

No, she even figured that her renamon form would give this lumbering oaf a run for his money. Compared to the masses she held a fair amount of skill but to others around her and to her peers she often felt like she was just wielding a power that wasn’t rightfully hers.

Drawing her fist back as the Devidramon stuck it’s head near the the entry to the alley. The shutmon let out a roar of challenge, and if the devidramon didn’t move out of the way it’d find the ultimate’s fist connecting harshly into it’s head. With enough force and then some to send it reeling backwards.

Silence would skid to a halt right in front of the alley; her face screwed up in an irritated sort of expression. Her left hand shooting to her sword and the other still balled up in a fist.

”How bout you piss off. Before I make you.”

The words weren’t exactly kind or reassuring but thankfully to the two in the alley they weren’t directed at them! The white furred shutmon was at the very least talking to the lumbering devidramon. For the moment. Though one of her icy blue eyes wandered to the pair and she'd casually wave at them with her free hand.

Silence watched the devidramon skid away, her hand was still on her sword as she glared at the devidramon. With the way that it was slashing at the ground the shutmon considered just kicking it’s teeth in right then and there. But then it took off; the shutmon didn’t relax for a few seconds after. Eventually standing up straight, her tail flicking side to side.

The shutmon’s hand eventually came off of her sword when she realized that the devidramon wasn’t coming back. It wasn’t a scare tactic, she was ready and willing to show the dragon what a sheathed sword could do. Given that she wasn’t about to kill someone on the streets unless they firmly deserved it. She’d turn her head; a smile creasing her lips. If the little dragons were scent orientated they’d be able to smell the combat that she had just come from; probably from the sweat, blood and tears she dealt with on a regular basis as a trainer.

”No problem. I was passin by when I noticed the big lug being a bit of a dickweed.”

Hearing the second one speak; she was able to piece together the name of the first dracomon rather easily. Her ears twitching and she’d eye the two; these two seemed to have a certain sense of spirit. Solaire reminding her a bit of how she was when she was a bit younger. Though not knowing the other’s name she was additionally reminded of one of her training buddies that now was just a shopkeep.

”Get into this sort of trouble often? What’s your names?”

Silence felt it needed to ask this before introducing herself, one hand lazily at her side while the other motioned towards where the devidramon had left from. She seemed a little too relaxed and with her presence it wasn’t hard to get the sensation that… She was still holding back in this form. That this wasn’t her peak; it was somewhere way beyond. Such was the danger of being around an individual capable of super mega. A certain sense of overwhelming spirit; even if the digimon was friendly!

"Mine's Silence."

”I know the feeling. Used to get into trouble all the time when I was a tad younger myself.”

She’d flick an ear, her eyes noting the difference in reactions from the two. Thankfully for Terrance the shutmon was capable of toning back that overwhelming aura. It’d slip down to what you’d expect from a regular ultimate mon. She had been letting it roll off in waves to scare off the devidramon. It didn’t even seem to tire her out considering the control you’d have to exert.

”It’s what happens when you get to the point of being able to handle a higher tier of digivolution. You two only seem to be capable of rookie right now yeah?”

Silence leaned a little bit; eyeing the two dragons curiously. Flicking her ears yet again at the idea that she wasn’t a threat just because she saved the two. She’d reach out to tap Solaire’s nose with a finger.

”Some mon’s would use this to gain your trust before using that to either toy with you or ensnare you in something. Don’t just blindly trust someone just cause they saved you.”

She’d turn her head to Terrance; her eyes assessing him for a moment and she’d rub at her chin thoughtfully.

”And don’t be so harsh on your brother. Your both not wrong; I wouldn’t hurt either of you even if I hadn’t just saved you. Unless you were doing something wrong and refused to stop. But you’re not.”

Silence seemed rather thoughtful about Solaire’s claims to be a knight. She’d tilt her head this way and that; eventually folding her arms with a small snort. Her tail swished back and forth before she’d lean on the wall with a shoulder.

”So what you’re saying is that you’re a squire?”

The shutmon seemed to be musing over something; she additionally had perked up a bit from the mention of the knights. If the two looked hard enough they’d see Silence’s sigil on where you’d expect the shutmon’s normal sigil to be. Though rather than being that strange circle hers was some kind of V with an extra line in the middle. The same sort of sigil that was similar to a really old jesmon.

”What about you Terrance? Are you one as well?”

Silence couldn’t help but chuckle seeing that grin and the way that terrance rubbed the back of his head. She also didn’t seem to really have much of a personal bubble given the way that she had already tapped one of their noses with a finger. Hearing the reasoning behind terrance’s actions the shutmon couldn’t help but think of Iko in a way. How he had kept her grounded and forward up until she was ready to take flight herself.

”He’s your brother so I get that.”

Silence’s eyes practically bored into Solaire as he explained that they couldn’t really be a squire without an elder knight teaching him. ‘Just a knight in training’ was exactly to her what a squire was. The proudness would just draw yet another chuckle from her.

”A knight in training is just a squire Solaire. Even if you don’t have an elder knight training you.”

Why did this shutmon seem like she knew what that entailed? Her eyes flicked to Terrance; he was learning alongside solaire and the two of them were getting stronger together. Her eyes turned a bit analytical and looked between the two of them. It wasn’t hard from the get go to see that they were twins. But silence could already see the bond between the two of them and the love that they likely shared. A common ground and goal that they would also likely want to work towards. She’d push off of the wall with a finger and stare down at the two.

That aura kicked back full force; in fact silence put a little bit more oomph behind it on purpose. To see what the two would do; her voice was stern and the mon wasn’t about to let these two get hurt if she could help it. It was her duty as the leader of the knights of the rose to take various mons under her wing or protect them how she deemed fit.

”Then. Seeing as you don’t have an Elder knight to train you, or are missing who you would be retainers of. I should re-introduce myself.”

The shutmon flicked her sword out of her sheathe, the symbol on the hilt matching the one that was on her shoulders. It was something that the two would get used to seeing if they hung around her enough.

”My name is Silence. Leader of the Knights of the Rose. Guardians of rosewood. You could consider me what you call an ‘Elder’ Knight.”

Her voice was proud and forward; the shutmon’s form bristling with energy. She wasn’t any sort of push over and she wasn’t about to suffer the idea that these two would be without a trainer of sorts.

”You two have a choice. Continue as you are. Or allow me to take you under my wing and train you as a knight.”

”I will not treat either of you with Disrespect but I will not suffer it either. I will teach you the way that I was taught and that is through the fire and brimstone of challenges.”

She’d step forward; her body taking the light of digivolution. It would not be fair to show them anything less than her best; these two would find that that aura intensified further while her body released quite literally a shockwave of the stuff. Standing a bit away was nothing less but the peak of what the shutmon was capable of at the moment.

An Omegashutmon; the first and last of her kind. Never to be repeated in the entirety of the digital world; yet there was something friendly warm and kind behind that steely visor. Her armor was practically shining with a glorious purpose; the various cloth of the empowered shutmon was prim and proper while also being durable and considerate of form. Her heavy gauntlets clenched a sword that was not unlike a jesmon’s and her long bushy tail had turned into one that was tightly wrapped by a lot of cloth; the end of which flicking this way or that.

Hearing the two’s responses she’d step forward; practically bathing the two in her aura. She’d take her sword, placing the flat of the blade across either of their shoulders. If they allowed it they’d feel a little bit of her energy latch onto them.

”Then I, Silence. Leader of the knight’s of the rose take you under my wing. I will house you, feed you, give you what I am able and teach you what I am able till you are knights of your own. I will part with this little bit of energy so you will be able to enter the fortress of Vander tower and the secrets within.”

Her eyes hardened a bit and she’d point at either of them; her heavily gauntleted finger was something that while it was no bigger than her prior form’s felt a lot weighter and a lot more imposing. For good reasons.

”I want you two to think about what you want from yourself, what you want from the world and from the people in it. And what you can give to those people and to the world. I want you to think of your symbol and hold it close to your cores. I don’t need an answer from you in that regard but.”

She’d sheathe her blade, reaching out to gently hold the top of either of their heads; leaning down to meet their eyes one after another.

”I want you to travel a little bit; learn the lay of the land and the people in it just as I have. When you think you’ve learned enough you may come to vander tower.”

Her tail would swish around, a small remote like device. Sleek, black and with a single button. If the two were familiar with it it was a portal device. Specifically to the digital fortress of vander tower.

”But. For all this. Is there anything the two of you need immediately?”