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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 20, 2021 0:50:30 GMT
Marigold recovered from her laughing fit and made her way back to her seat. When Zack kissed her head causing the Fanbeemon to grumble at her father's affection. By this point Blackjack had floated back floating near Marigold grinning before he said "I get your dad can be embarassing at times but he seems to mean well even when displaying his affection. Zack doesn't seem like that bad a parent even though, for a human, he seems odd."
Harmony relaxed a bit hearing that as she was worried he would of tried to mess with Marigold. Sure it was never mean spirited with him but he had proven himself hard to predict and she shared a digiegg with him and knew him maybe better than he knew himself. Though Blackjack was the more accomplished gambler and hard to read, Harmony herself had proven to be trickier to read than her brother despite not being as good at cards as Blackjack was.
Harmony then turned her focus to Zack once again while listening to his words taking them in before she said "True enough. A sense of humor, no matter how strange, allows many of us to remember that things in both worlds don't totally suck."
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Post by supesman on Dec 20, 2021 17:47:57 GMT
"I know that Blackjack, really I do. I love my dad more than anything even if he does drive me up the wall." She said, smiling softly from Blackjack to her father. She played the part of the embarrassed daughter that was cooler than her father, not hard when her father took actual pride in the fact that he was a hapless, idealistic dork with no edge to him at all. And even when she was frustrated with him or embarrassed by him that only reminded her again and again how deeply she was loved and appreciated by her father, even if he was overwhelmed sometimes.
"There's a reason that the worse something is, the more jokes we have to make. Whether it's actual news stories or just movies and tv, the worse something objectively is the more our minds tell us to laugh at it. If we let ourselves get rattled by everything that should by all rights, none of us would be sane by dawn the next day. That goes double for the Digital World where your only choice is to either learn to roll with the punches or spent most of your time screaming at the unless deserts of refridgerators or the forests of unconnected telephone poles."
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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 21, 2021 0:52:06 GMT
Blackjack smiled as he floated back and forth before glancing briefly at his sister who was shooting him a warning glare before he turned to look back at Marigold as he said "Something tells me that's more of a family thing in general. No matter how close you may be to a family member they can do things to embarass you and, in some cases, it can be on purpose." He stopped swaying back and forth before he lightly blushed and admitted "Believe me I know how you feel but, then again, in mine and Harmony's case she tends to be on the receiving end as I sometimes embarrass my big sis pretty badly. Though I don't always mean too."
"Big of you to admit, Blackjack." Harmony said with a snicker receiving a raspberry in return from her brother. Then Harmony turned her focus back to Zack before she said "Humor is indeed quiet useful and there are jokes that are made for the purpose of laughing about almost everything. I can only imagine the jokes human comedians could make about the Digital World seeing as lots of craziness happens here at any given time."
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Post by supesman on Dec 21, 2021 14:25:43 GMT
"if you're not at least a little embarrassed by your family then what's the point, right?" Marigold said, looking up at Blackjack before letting her eyes wander over to Harmony. "I mean you only get embarrassed because they're being genuine and open and really, really cheesy. What's the alternative? That the people you love are too scared to embarrass you to show you what they think and really fear? Yuck, now THAT sounds like the worst of the worst." She said, shaking her head firmly. She never wanted her father to change for her, well at least not in that way. The edgeless, idealistic, lame jokester that her father was was also part of why she loved him so much.
"Honestly Harmony I'm at least ninety-nine percent sure that the Digital World would make people's heads explode. There's a reason most of the people who come to call this place a home away from home aren't what you'd call normal everyday types." He said, patting the duffel bag containing his homemade superhero costume. There wasn't really any better outlet for his point than showing just how out on a limb he was specifically. he wasn't sure how many humans they had met but Zack was not exactly a good middle ground example of one.
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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 21, 2021 23:53:04 GMT
Harmony shuddered at the thought of Blackjack changing in the way Harmony mentioned and he picked up on his sister's mild discomfort before he said "Fair point, Marigold. Me being a street smart, gambling, and mischievous rougue may make me somewhat embarrassing to Harmony sometimes but it's better than the alterantives of me being dead or evil and trying to go out of my way to murder her."
"As embarrassing as you can be, Blackjack, I'm glad you're the way you are." Harmony said and Blackjack floated over to her snuggling her affectionately before being pushed back by her invisible hands as she said "Not now, Blackjack. I'm not in a cuddly mood at this time."
At Blackjack's pout that looked more mischievous than sad she rolled her eyes before turning to Zack and said "It seems you aren't the only one who can be embarrassing here. As you can see, not many know this but Blackjack can be a bit of a cuddler. Sometimes he does it to be mischievous."
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Post by supesman on Dec 22, 2021 15:54:44 GMT
"Better a cuddler than a few dozen other things I could think of, honestly." he said, shrugging and looking over the pair, resting his chin in his hands as he leans forward against the table, fully considering them both. "You two seem like you've got most of the things you need. Someone to take care of you, first and foremost. Never forget how much that's worth." He said, leaning back up to his full height, rolling the muscles in his neck as he considered the pair.
"We should call Grammie when we get home." Marigold said, evidently inspired by the talk of family from her father to think of her father's extended family back in the United States.
"I think she'd like that, Marigold." He pursed his lips, letting out a long sigh. "My family, OUR family rather, live on another continent about twelve hours flight from where we're living right now. One of these days I'm going to take Marigold home to meet her grandmother and the rest of her family face to face."
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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 22, 2021 19:30:16 GMT
"Guess you have a point, Zack. Blackjack could easily be embarrassing in so many other ways." Harmony said with a sigh as her twin brother was now poking at her with the card over his head while she was parrying his efforts with her card that acted as a tail flipper. "Blackjack, cut that out. I know you're doing that on purpose."
Blackjack prodded at her a bit longer before giving up since her efforts to parry him were successful. He backed up with an evil grin. "Aww come on sis, I was just messing with you." Blackjack said trying to hold back his laughter.
"Oh I know. Believe me I know you all too well." Harmony replied not rising to her twin's bait. Turning back to Zack, she said "Yeah we are better off than some digimon who hatched at the Village of Beginnings who don't know if we have living family or if we had a previous life or lives. Unlike some of the digimon their twins such as us don't have to face life's obstacles all alone."
Then Zack and Marigold mentioned his mother otherwise known as Marigold's grandmother. "Sounds like you and Marigold are both lucky to have an extended family to talk to if needed even if you don't live near them." Blackjack said swishing back and forth as if moving with the breeze.
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Post by supesman on Dec 23, 2021 14:17:22 GMT
"Sometimes I wonder how digimon do it, really I do. Living with only one or two people in the whole world that they can count on for anything and everything. Even if you have each other doesn't that get...I don't know, isolating sometimes?" He said, looking over the two of them with that same fatherly concern that he used for his own daughter. It wasn't often that he let that mask get shown for anyone else but this was one of those times. Maybe it was just his nature to worry, the both seemed so young to be out here all alone.
"Dad, I wouldn't worry about them. I mean you and I have family but they're halfway around the world at the best of times. Most days it really is just you and me. We make out alright and I'm sure they do to. Sometimes having each other is the only thing that really counts, when you add it all up, right?" She said, turning to the pair. She was slightly trying to deflect her father's impulse to adopt the pair, he really was just an emotional fountain that way. Besides they seemed to enjoy the wanderers' life for however much it suited them, somehow she doubted they'd just at the chance to play superhero sidekick with her father.
Besides, that was her job and she wasn't gonna let anyone else have it.
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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 24, 2021 0:15:52 GMT
The twins looked at each other surprised by Zack's words for a moment before Harmony said "I suppose some can see the life of a wanderer as isolating even for twins like Blackjack and myself. However it isn't so bad for us as now that we can at least defend ourselves we'll be able to adventure more places and even camp outside without as much worry about being prey for feral or evil digimon."
Blackjack crinkled his face before he said "Yeesh. Way to put a morbid spin on things, Harmony." He shook his head before he then said "An advantage I can see is the ability to not only make lots of allies but eventually be reliable to them. Maybe even make some friends too so life wouldn't be as isolating. Since we spent our early part of our lives ducking and hiding from stronger digimon while gambling to earn money for the road we got pretty good at that too."
When Marigold began speaking Blackjack and Harmony looked at her before looking at each other but before Blackjack was about to speak up, Harmony shook her head and mouthed leave it. It was as if they suspected something was up with Marigold but what they weren't completely sure.
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Post by supesman on Dec 24, 2021 15:47:13 GMT
"I mean yea, I'm separated from my family and support system a lot too and it FREAKS ME OUT sometimes, you know? Maybe that's just the ennui of growing up or whatever, realizing that you can't just knock on your parents' bedroom door when something goes wrong. Maybe that's just a human thing, intensely social creatures that we are. It might be another difference that just exists between people and Digimon. Digimon are more ok being more isolated over longer periods of time, people on the other hand...you'd be hard pressed to find a person who won't start going a little bit nuts after being by themselves for a week." he said, shrugging as he laid out part of what someone might call the "human condition". Just one of those things that was hard to explain, especially because human languages had so few useful words to explain things to beings that weren't human themselves.
"He's not wrong, either. Humans have invented this whole thing called "social media" where they will go on fifty times a day to read things that make them angry and upset just so that they have SOME kind of social stimuli coming in. it's wild." She said, deconstructing modern media in a way some people would say is reductive and other people would say is too close for comfort.
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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 25, 2021 1:02:23 GMT
"Wandering alone is exactly always easy for digimon either as we, like humans, tend to be social creatures by nature. Sure there are exceptions but why else would there be so many towns and villages in the Digital World." Harmony said regarding Zack's words.
Blackjack had his face scrunched up as if in deep thought and seeing this Harmony asked "What is it, Blackjack?"
Blackjack looked at his sister and said "Nothing I was just having random thoughts. I was wondering if we even have parents or were we reborn from a previous life?"
"Believe it or not, Blackjack, I sometimes have had similar thoughts myself. We could have been reborn from a previous life or we may have parents out there somewhere. Maybe in time we'll figure it out." Harmony said with a smile direction at her twin.
When Marigold mentioned 'Social Media' Blackjack looked at her and said "You mean the internet? It sounds like they may also submit those things to vent to others out in the Human World. The internet has sure brought humans closer together it seems even if they don't always agree on various topics."
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Post by supesman on Dec 26, 2021 17:51:27 GMT
"Trust me, my friends. Sometimes finding out where you came from isn't as important as you let yourself think." She said, taking a deep breath in and then sighing out as she remembered the circumstances of her own digital birth. "Sometimes you find out that the answers you really needed were right in front of you all along. I wondered who my parents were too, and when I found out I realized that I already HAD a parent who took care of me. I hope you do find the answers you're looking for and I hope they don't disappoint you." She nodded.
Zack reached up to his face for a second, looking away from the table. Only on closer inspection would anyone realize he was trying to wipe away his tears without anyone noticing. Getting that sort of recognition from the daughter he loved so dearly seemed to hit the man fairly hard. he was able to clear his throat though, speaking without letting his voice crack up.
"You're never really alone, it seems." He says to the pair, looking from one of them to the other. "You've always got each other."
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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 27, 2021 1:17:02 GMT
"Finding ourselves is a journey we all go through along the way and even I know that the path may be rocky at times but I also hope Blackjack and I find the answers to our origins as well." Harmony said with Blackjack poking her cheek with his invisible hands as it seemed he was taking in the last half of Marigold's words and looking uneasy. "What is it, Blackjack?"
Blackjack dipped his head as he tried to figure out what to say before looking at his twin and said "What if we have parents and for some reason they didn't want us by leaving our egg at the Village of Beginnings. Or worse what if in a previous life we were some kind of horrible monster. I don't think I know how I'd handle that." Seeing the distressed look that appeared on her younger brother's face she said nothing but snuggled up to her brother trying to calm him.
While tending to her twin she saw Zack wiping his eyes and asked "Hey, Zack, are you okay? Why are you crying?"
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Post by supesman on Dec 27, 2021 14:42:03 GMT
"Blackjack? Blackjack I want you to look at me ok?" Marigold said as the younger digimon seemed to be having some trouble understanding what she was getting at. She smiled, trying to comforting him instead. "It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter who you were or who you might have been. It matters who you are. Right now. Right here. The only choices you get to make are the ones you make in the moment. There's no answer you can get that can change who you are, I promise you that I've lived through that, I'm proof. You get to choose who you're going to be, who you've been only matters as much as you let it."
Zack wrapped his hands around Marigold, making her squeak in surprise as she was pulled into a hug up against his chest. he buried his head in her shoulder and spoke only a few words, the only words that he could possibly think of to show her what he was feeling, the way that her reaching out to Blackjack had made him feel.
"I'm so proud of you."
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Post by ricochet10-Blackjack&Harmony on Dec 28, 2021 1:21:37 GMT
Blackjack looked at Marigold when asked to and after hearing what she had to say, he said "But..." He then shook his head before he continued "No, Marigold, you're right. If I spend too much time dwelling on what may or may not be I wouldn't be myself. Sure what I mentioned is a possibility, of course, but I think Harmony and I can cross that bridge when and if it comes up again." Blackjack now floated a bit away from his sister now a bit calmer his roguish grin returning full force.
Harmony looked back at Zack wondering why he was hiding his tears before looking over at her brother. Blackjack seemed more like his normal self as Marigold had managed to improve his mood but he did bring up some good points. Still that could be handled when and if it came up later. Marigold's squeak of surprise caught the attention of both siblings as the watched Zack pull his daugher into a hug telling her he was proud of her.
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