Fire + Snow (Open)

Mandrake and Lothar made their way through the snow with the Wizardmon known as Mandrake waist deep in the white powder his winter clothing not helping in the snowy conditions in deep snow. Meanwhile Lothar saw his dilemma and hoisted Mandrake out of the snow settling the Wizardmon on his back basically giving him a piggyback ride. Lilly let out reptilian squeaks from within Lothar's bag clearly getting fussy with the temperature outside which was why she refused to come out until they were someplace warmer.

Soon from his perch on Lothar's back he picked up the mental signatures of two beings also out in the snow with his telepathy. "Lothar, there are two others out here but I haven't yet sensed your parents. Perhaps they aren't home right now."

"Possibly but if there is someone trying to get out of the cold, Mom and Dad's cabin is the nearest building around here. Seems like my parents will be seeing other guests than you, I, or their new granddaughter." Lothar said as he picked up his pace soon spotting what looked like a DemiMeramon zipping for his parent's cabin with a young looking human boy dashing after the fiery digimon. With powerful strides Lothar soon caught up to the boy but stuck to staying right behind the boy for the time being.

By the time both Mandrake and Lothar spotted the young human he had seemed to have caught up to his DemiMeramon partner and seemed to have a hold of her. Seeing the young man's reaction to them was understandable seeing as Lothar was an eight foot lion man in winter clothes but this was a reaction Mandrake himself rarely received seeing most humans didn't seem intimidated by him. Whether it was his height of four feet not including his hat or the fact that he seemed to give off a gentle aura, who knew? Either way the young man was now speaking to them in shaky Japanese. Was it because he was cold or was it because Japanese wasn't his first language? Judging by the young man's appearance, Mandrake guessed the latter and glanced at the snow which was much shallower now before indicating silently to Lothar that he wanted down. As Lothar set Mandrake down on the ground Mandrake sank a bit in the snow.

Meanwhile Lilly was not reacting well to the emotion of fear and had softly began fussing from within Lothar's bag at a volume that would be just hearable to a human as the little Jyarimon was not liking this feeling at all. Mandrake looked up a bit to meet the boy's gaze and, in Japanese, said "Don't worry. You and your friend aren't in trouble. This isn't our house but the house of my boyfriend's parents. They seem to be out at this time but were expecting myself and him. My name is Mandrake and the Leomon with me is my boyfriend Lothar." Lilly was now getting a bit louder but far from ear splitting and as Lothar reached into his bag he pulled out a fussy baby digimon with sapphire blue eyes matching Mandrake's before handing the tiny one over to Mandrake. Lilly snuggled into Mandrake's arm for warmth clearly not that fond of the cold. "And this is our daughter and youngest so far, Lilly."

The young man definitely wasn't fluent in Japanese as was shown by him trying to make sense of Mandrake's words before the young man spoke himself with Japanese that was not understandable with a dialect unfamiliar to the Wizardmon but one thing was clear was that he spoke English. Then the young man went back to speaking Japanese but more slowly and carefully. Yes Mandrake and Lothar both understood English and Japanese but it seemed the middle schooler was trying to get better at speaking Japanese so Mandrake didn't interrupt. "Actually Lilly was not adopted but was created from Lothar and I's data. Digimon, though we have gender identities, are technically genderless and theoretically any two digimon who love one another can create a child. Lothar and I do have a son we adopted some time ago though so as you see adoption isn't unheard of in the Digital World." Mandrake said before thinking for a moment before he said "Lothar and I also speak English if you feel more comfortable with that until you get better with Japanese."

Watching the DemiMeramon come closer before her tamer stopped her Mandrake looked at the small firey digimon. "If you were trying to warm Lilly up with your flames, little one, that would be a bad idea since she isn't a being made of fire despite being able to sneeze flames. She just is like myself and Lothar when it comes to not liking the cold."

The young man switched to English before asking more questions while Mandrake listened patiently. "Well technically Lothar and I have three children with Lilly being our youngest. Our oldest son, LJ, was also created from our data as well. Our adopted son, Kshin, was an orphan living on the streets we took in." 

Meanwhile Lilly was trying to figure the strangers out with her face scrunched up as she took in the emotions of those around her. At her age being an empath was confusing as she sometimes struggled with trying to figure out if the emotions she picked up were hers or someone else's but there were quite a few emotions she felt from some that she didn't like at all. Making little reptilian squeaks she watched Desdemona dedigivolve into Mokumon. She had seen other digimon do this before so it wasn't so strange to her. Then she looked down at the snow before making a face that was clear that she wanted nothing to do with the cold white fluff on the ground voicing her concerns with an irritated squeak. Mandrake looked around spotting a patch of grass sticking out near the home and used his telekinesis to lift Lilly into the air before setting her on the patch of grass so the two little ones could play receiving an indignant squeak from Lilly in return. "Don't take that tone with me, young lady." Mandrake said sternly to Lilly causing her to scrunch her face into a pout before she looked at Desdemona as she was definitely different from the last little digimon she played with.

"No when digimon pass data the species is not always the same but data from parents can possibly influence what species a digimon will be. LJ is now a species very similar to Lothar called Leomon X but he shared the same fresh, in training, and rookie forms as Lothar. The only difference in LJ's case was he was royal purple in color like I was as a rookie. Digimon can also inherit abilities from parents as well though we don't know yet if Lilly has done so. As for your other question, in theory, any digimon couple can possibly produce a child."

Mandrake thought for a moment on Clive's words. This was something he didn't know about but if it were possible it could have many possibilities and not just in species variety the baby could be. "I honestly don't know if a child can be created in such a way." Mandrake said as he honestly didn't know if such a thing was possible.

"Maybe such a thing is possible given how the Digital World can be strange for even the natives." Lothar said speaking up for the first time since they came across the young tamer and his partner.

Meanwhile Lilly was watching Desdemona float around leaving an artistic looking trail of smoke behind. Lilly had forgotten in that moment about the snow and the cold as she watched the Mokumon. Her ears wiggled as she squeaked and giggled while smiling at the fascinating new sight in front of her. Lothar looked over at Lilly and said "I'm beginning to get the feeling Lilly is more like you than she is like me, Mandrake. She is far more inquisitive than I was. Definitely one of your traits." At some level Lothar wondered if she took after him at some level but maybe it was too soon to tell at that point.

When the wind lightly blew away Desdemona's last design Lilly looked at the Mokumon with eager anticipation as she started to bounce softly squeaking much like a baby crocodile despite not really resembling one. Mandrake and Lothar watched as well as what looked like a stick figure of a Christmas tree was created by Desdemona's smoke. As for Lilly the new design the Mokumon made had her giggling and bouncing again.

"We digimon do infact celebrate various holidays. Like in the Human World some are different depending on culture or region. Then there are the various human holidays such as Christmas that is also celebrated here. Some traditions seem different in the Digital World but one that seems to be similar is spending time with loved ones." Mandrake said thinking of the other human holidays that the Digital World also celebrated showing just how much more the worlds were connected.

"Knowledge of various human holidays has likely passed on via the internet seeing as the two worlds are connected quite closely but, from what Mandrake and I have observed, there sometimes are a few differences." Lothar said remembering the Digital World tradition regarding the mistletoe this time of year was very different from how it worked in the Human World.