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Conundrum in the Tundra (Closed, 2/2)
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on May 6, 2022 7:11:04 GMT
"Huh, so this is Snowflake Village?" Data asked, using his Guardromon form's strength to carry a couple of travel bags (Which were basically just for Hana and Sakura, since humans and Plant Digimon aren't really built to handle the extreme cold very well). "You know, I wasn't necessarily sure if this trip was a good idea, but I think it might actually be a nice change."
"Speak for yourself, buddy. Gah, why did I think that going along with this was a good idea?" Sakura muttered under her breath. Even bundled under several layers of warm clothing, the Lillymon was still shivering heavily. However, a quick glance at Mint, who was currently enjoying himself by trying to make a snow angel, quickly answered her question. "Oh, right."
"Oh, I'm so excited!" Rush happily exclaimed, the little Morphomon literally vibrating with excitement in Hana's arms. Hana had to struggle to keep the little guy from literally flying out of her arms at the sight of seeing snow for the first time in his life, but she managed to keep him under control (barely). "We're gonna play in the snow, and build a snowman, and drink cocoa by a fireplace! OOH, do you think we'll even get to see Santa while we're here?"
"I'm not sure we're quite that far north, but who knows?" Hana replied, patting Rush on the head with a mitten-covered hand. The teen paused for a moment, before gently setting Rush down on the ground (who immediately decided to just flop face-down into the snow and start rolling around in it. "Alright, buddy. Why don't you go play with Mint and Sakura while Data and I get us checked in to the inn, okay?"
"Okay, Mom!" Rush replied, rolling onto his back to give Hana a quick salute before going back to playing in the snow.
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Post by Luna on May 6, 2022 7:30:14 GMT
Not all who wander are lost, that was a quote Luna heard from Dust a while back about his own travels. Wandering around the world looking for something to live for and all that. It was quite a nice quote looking back on it. While not all who wandered were lost.
Luna sure as hell was!
How she managed to pull this one off surprised even her, standing right next to her bike trying to make sure it was working, it was not. Laying in the snow it wouldn't move at all. Sighing to herself Luna crossed her arms with her eyes closed tapping her foot against the snowy ground. Thankfully due to her affinity with ice she wasn't all too cold just kinda annoyed at the moment. "Alright well Dust is at home so things should be good there, guess I should just find a place to try and fix this up." Luna muttered to herself, she could probably very easily run back home but she didn't want to leave her bike here unattended. Bending down Luna grabbed the bottom of it pulling the frozen bike up and over her head before she started walking in a random direction, definitely not the direction she should be going but one direction.
Thankfully Luna didn't have to walk too far, eventually she strolled up to a village nearby, Snowflake village to be exact. She recalled there was a Trailmon that she could ride around here. She could probably pretty easily wait for a ride and take that to Terminus to get this fixed.
Or she could hang around for a little while and check the place out, last time she was here it was destroyed after all! Maybe she could find something to bring home to Dust and Saya. "They should be fine without me, Saya can heal just as well as I can." Mulling it over to herself for a second Luna nodded deciding to go with her plan and started walking around the village, eventually walking up on some small Morphomon rolling around in the snow. "Aww, you seem to be having a lotta fun huh?" It was a cute sight to see!
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on May 6, 2022 7:39:52 GMT
Not far from Snowflake Village a loud hoot of excitement sounded over the snowy hills as a furry Shoutmon leapt over a hill on skis with a scaly Cutemon not far behind. Said Shoutmon skidded to a stop sending snow flying around him before he said "Come on, Hiroshi! Stop being a slowpoke. I thought you enjoyed skiing."
The scaly Cutemon now designated as Hiroshi soon caught up to his twin brother before he said "Chill out, Leroy. There have been rumors around here and you hooting and hollering is threatening to wake the dead if it doesn't bring the rumored monster down upon us."
"Geez, bro. You need to chill out. Maybe this problem is just an overblown myth. Either way it shouldn't totally kill our fun in getting to our destination." Leroy said looking across the field as Hiroshi rolled his eyes and sighed in exasperation. Then Leroy saw Snowflake Village in the distance and said "Look there's the village! Race you there!"
Before Hiroshi could say anything Leroy pushed off on the skis and shot away causing Hiroshi to follow soon catching up to his impulsive twin. He knew Leroy was a potential problem to others if left to his own devices for too long. Such was the nature of Leroy being a being of chaos even though he wasn't what one would consider evil. Soon the pair zipped through the village before finding noticing a group and screeching to a halt sending snow everywhere and likely would be getting on others nearby.
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on May 6, 2022 8:18:21 GMT
While Hana and Data went inside to go check into the inn, Rush continued playing in the snow until he heard a somewhat familiar voice talking to him. The Morphomon then got to his stubby, little feet and shook the snow off of his body before trying to find the source of the voice. Catching sight of Luna, Rush tilted his head in confusion as he tried to figure out why the Lekismon seemed familiar. It took a moment, but he eventually recognized who she was!
"Miss Luna! Hi! It's been so long since we last saw you!" Rush happily exclaimed as he went and floated over towards Luna. "*Gasp* Have you come here to meet Santa, too?!"
It was at that point, however, that the conversation would be interrupted by Leroy and Hiroshi skiied their way onto the scene, promptly knocking Rush to the ground and burying him under a heap of snow. The Morphomon wasn't too bothered by it, though, as he just popped his head back out of the snow and giggled. "That was fun! Again! Again!"
"Rush, are you okay?" Sakura sked as he ran over to check on the little guy. Even if the cold weather meant that the Lillymon wasn't feeling her best, she still wanted to make sure that her friend was alright.
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Post by Luna on May 6, 2022 8:33:59 GMT
Luna tilted her head slightly a bit confused. "Have we met? I only know of one Morphomon named Arisa?" It hadn't been that long since she met that digimon. This was certainly confusing. "Well regardless it's nice to meet you again, even if I might not recall." If they said they knew her then that was enough for her. "Santa? Who's th-" Before she could finish asking though she her keen hearing picked up someone zipping around through the village.
Looking over she saw the source of that noise just in time as they threw a buncha snow towards the two of them. On pure instinct alone Luna raised her hand forcing her barrier to surround her protecting her from the snow. Before smirking to herself and detonating the barrier causing the snow that would've fallen on her to instead blast back into the two of them. It would also dunk the Morphomon again be considering his words he wanted that to happen. Wouldn't damage them at all but would be quite funny. "Heh, sorry. Instinct." That was a small white lie, the barrier was total instinct but dunking on them with snow was just for fun.
Hearing someone run up and call out to Rush heading over to the Morphomon Luna slowly put two and two together considering she only knew one digimon by that name. "Oh, you're that girl from before's partner. Hanako right? Were you a Morphomon before though? I can't recall?" It had been a while and to be perfectly honest Luna had tried to forget about that whole ordeal as of late.
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on May 6, 2022 8:51:22 GMT
As Hiroshi and Leroy removed their skis setting them to where they were sticking out of the snow it seemed the snow from their sudden stop buried a nearby Morphomon and some other digimon that brought up a barrier. What was more curious was that the Morphomon was excitedly saying 'Again. Again.' However as Leroy was about to give the Morphomon what he wanted the barrier using digimon sent snow flying burying not just the Morphomon but the brothers as well.
Hiroshi and Leroy pushed their way out of the snow pile dumped on them with Leroy brushing the snow out of his red fur and Hiroshi was brushing the snow sticking to his two inch red mohawk before noticing the Lekismon and how familiar she looked. "Luna?" Hiroshi asked his blue eyes wide in surprise given he and his brother had only seen that Lekismon a relatively short time ago.
Leroy had finished brushing the snow off of him before taking in the others there and, sure enough, the only one that looked familiar to him was Luna. Walking up to the Lekismon, Leroy asked "Sure is a small world, isn't it? Did you hear the rumors about this area? Is that why you're in these parts?"
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on May 6, 2022 11:00:55 GMT
"Yeah, we met before! It was back when Mr. Hawkeye and Mr. Shoutmon were-" Rush cheerfully explained, right before he and Sakura got hit with more snow from Luna's barrier. While Rush was giggling happily as he pulled himself out of the snow again, Sakura wasn't quite as happy about the situation.
As the Lillymon brushed the snow off of her clothes, she shot Luna an irritated glare. "I regret ever agreeing to come here."
Meanwhile, Rush was overjoyed when Luna finally remembered him. "I was a Keramon back then, but then some stuff happened and now I'm a butterfly! I don't remember what happened all that well, but Mom says I shouldn't worry about it. So I won't!"
When Hiroshi and Leroy made their way over and started speaking with Luna, It was a bit of a surprise that they actually seemed to know Luna as well, and were curious as to what the Lekismon was doing in the area.
Something they said did manage to catch Sakura's attention, instantly catching her attention. "Rumors? What rumors are you talking about?"
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Post by Luna on May 6, 2022 11:25:32 GMT
Luna used her free hand to rub the back of her head laughing awkwardly a bit as Sakura glared at her. "Sorry, Sorry. Didn't see you come up. Like I told them it was on instinct mostly, came outta nowhere." Though when she was questioned on her name Luna just patted her chest for a moment smiling. "Yup the one and only, at least the only one I know about!" Though when questioned on the rumors she just tilted her head to the side confused. "Rumors? Nah I didn't come here for that."
No one had noticed but Luna was still holding her bike in her right arm above her head. She let it down placing it on the snow in front of her, carefully as to not splash someone with snow again. "My bike broke down while I was out on a job, someone said they were dying out in the cold. Turns out they just got a little sick and were totally being a baby about it, their partners words not mine. Saw this place and figured I could stop by and check it out for a bit before I head home."
Apparently Rush turned into a Butterfly. "Well if you won't worry about it then I won't worry about it, for the record you look very nice Rush!" Luna said reaching over to pat the digimon on the head, she was glad they seemed so cheerful!
"Though I am curious about this rumor, also who this 'Santa' Rush was mentioning." Considering he had a human partner it could be a human thing, Dust was her human expert but considering he wasn't here now that lead to quite a problem with understanding stuff.
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on May 6, 2022 11:41:52 GMT
It seemed the Morphomon that was apparently named Rush was once a Keramon and he and his group met Luna sometime ago before the transformation he only described it as somethings happened. That was fine enough for Hiroshi and Leroy because the change could of happened through convoluted events for all the brothers knew so it was best to let things be.
It seemed only Hiroshi and Leroy had heard of the said rumors that Leroy mentioned. Hiroshi looked over at Sakura before he said "My brother and I heard rumors regarding some large digimon causing problems in these parts. I know one shouldn't always take rumors at face value but we had heard enough at various taverns that we had to check it out."
Meanwhile Leroy had bunched up some snow while standing near Rush with a mischievously playful look on his face before the chaotic furry Shoutmon lobbed a snowball at Rush as he yelled "Heads up!"
When Luna asked about Santa, Hiroshi answered "Santa is a being from human mythology that brings gifts to good children around the world on Christmas Eve. I don't know much about him though as mythology is not a strength of mine in school."
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on May 6, 2022 19:17:51 GMT
"A large Digimon causing trouble? Rumor or not, that's not something to take lightly." Sakura said, a concerned look on her face as she contemplated that knowledge. The last thing they needed right now was to run into trouble on what was supposed to be a peaceful trip. "Something to keep an eye out for, anyways."
While Sakura was talking, Rush reacted to Leroy hitting him in the face with a snowball by smirking at the furry Shoutmon with a mischievous gleam in his eye. If Leroy wanted a snowball fight, then he'd get one! Especially once Rush decided to give himself a hand up on the competition (or 5).
"Morphomon digivolve to... Chrysalimon!" Rush exclaimed, his wings wrapping around his body to form Chrysalimon's shell. Once the shell formed, Chrysalimon opened his eyes as his six tentacles emerged from his back. "Oh, it's on now, buddy!"
With that declaration of war, Rush quickly used all six of his tentacles to start scooping up snow and rapidly flinging it at the Shoutmon like a machine gun.
"Alright, our rooms are all sorted out, so now we can go and have some-" Hana started saying as she and Data finally came out of the inn, only to freeze up as she saw the mayhem Rush was unleashing upon poor Leroy. "You know what? I'm not even gonna ask."
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Post by Luna on May 8, 2022 6:09:36 GMT
"Large digimon causing trouble? Never a dull moment I suppose." That sounded about right for Luna's luck, seems like anywhere she goes she runs into stuff like this. But not one to be down on things Luna smiled punching her hand into her open palm for a moment. "Well if they wanna cause trouble round here I'll set em straight, no one messes with my friends while Luna's around right Du-" Looking over her shoulder Luna was surprised when she didn't see her partner behind her. "Oh right, he's at home with Saya. Well I'm more then enough. Though hopefully won't need to deal with something like that."
Though while Luna had stated that war had started to break out between Leroy and Rush, well I say war it was more like a machine gun rapid fire between the newly evolved Rush and the Shoutmon, which probably wouldn't end well. "Heh, you go Rush! Show em what'cha got." Luna encouraged the digimon figuring it wouldn't do much damage being snow at all. Plus Leroy started it.
Her ears twitched hearing someone come out of a building, it was Hana and Data. "Oh, hey Hana! Long time no see, it's me Luna!" Luna gave one of her usual large waves. "Glad to see you again."
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on May 8, 2022 8:18:10 GMT
Hiroshi had noticed that Sakura wasn't enjoying the cold but how could he help seeing as he didn't have much that could be used to keep someone warm. Then again he never needed such a thing since he and his brother seemed to be able to handle many climates no problem. Then after looking at the scarf he wore around his neck as more of a fashion statement than anything else, he removed the scarf and held it up to Sakura before he said "Here miss. This may not be much help but you can borrow my scarf for awhile. Don't worry about me being cold without it since my brother and I don't seem bothered by the cold."
Meanwhile Leroy dove back in an attempt to avoid the machine gun like barrage of snowballs from Rush before grinning as he began to glow. "Shoutmon digivolve to....Dinohumon!" Leroy then flipped to his feet before swinging his giant sword sending a barrage of snow towards Rush.
When Hana and Data came out and saw the insanity Hiroshi looked at the pair and other than waving hello, he said nothing else. How could he explain his twin brother anyway?
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Post by Hanako Hoshidate on May 8, 2022 23:07:31 GMT
"No, it's alright. I'll make do." Sakura said, politely turning down Hiroshi's offer to let her borrow his scarf. "It wouldn't feel right for me to wear something that belongs to someone else. I'd especially feel bad if I ended up forgetting to return it to you before we went our separate ways." Meanwhile, Rush was really getting into the sudden snowball fight, as his six tentacles gave him a bit of an advantage. Sure, he lost some accuracy due to lacking fingers, but he made up for that in the sheer number of snowballs he could churn out in quick succession. Plus, Luna's cheering only spurred him on further. On the sidelines, Hana gave Luna a wave of her own in order to acknowledge the Lekismon's greeting, but quickly shifted her attention back towards Rush and Leroy's snowball fight. "Wow, Rush is really going all out on that guy." Hana observed, before turning to Data. "Should we... do something about it before he goes overboard?" "Nah, let him have his fun. It's just a snowball fight, after all." Data replied, as they sat back to watch the battle unfold. "Digivolving won't help you, buddy! I still have more snowball-throwing limbs than you, so you don't stand a chance!" Rush taunted when Leroy digivolved to DinoHumon. His smug attitude was quickly wiped away when he got a massive blast of snow to the face, and it took him a few moments to clear the snow out of his eyes. "I stand corrected. I guess you do have a chance, after all." With that remark, Rush continued gathering snow in order to return fire, only to pause when he noticed that one of his snowballs felt heavier than it should be. Moving the weight in front of his face, he noticed that instead of snow, his tentacle had somehow snagged what appeared to be a tiny, mouthless Mamemon, which was now dangling upside down due to Rush's tentacle being wrapped around it's foot. "Oh, whoops. Sorry about that, little guy." Rush apologized, gently setting the little Mamemon on the ground while signalling Leroy for a time-out with two of his other tentacles. Once the little guy was back on its feet, Rush gently patted it on the head. "You okay, there?" The little Mamemon variant responded by giving Rush a thumbs up with on of its mittened hands.
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Post by ricochet4-Hiroshi&Leroy on May 9, 2022 4:50:58 GMT
Hiroshi nodded when Sakura politely turned down his offer and put his scarf back on. Sure for him it was mostly decorative since his shared digicore with his twin kept both of the siblings warm. "Fair enough. Not everyone has a good memory especially after a crisis. I know that all too well having to deal with my brother sometimes."
Hiroshi turned to Leroy just as the Dinohumon sent snow flying at Rush. Leroy smirked as Rush brushed the snow off of himself before he said "Good reason not to underestimate someone." Leroy then held his massive sword in front of him ready for Rush's next move.
When Rush stopped gathering snow he had gathered a small digimon that resembled Mamemon, likely a variant dangling the cute little digimon upside down. Leroy saw Rush call for a time out and lowered his sword before resting it on his back before taking in the small digimon as well. "Maybe he got lost from his friends. Why else would a digimon that little be by itself since it isn't uncommon for small digimon to travel in groups regardless of level."
"At least the little guy seems okay though." Hiroshi said indicating to Leroy how the Mamemon variant was giving Rush the thumbs up gesture.
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Post by Luna on May 9, 2022 9:19:58 GMT
Well Luna's greeting was acknowledged, that was enough for her for now. Looking down at her partially frozen bike and over at Leroy and Rush having a snowball fight Luna thought to herself that she should probably go find a safer place for her bike at the moment then risk getting hit by some more snow, after all she was supposed to be mature and calm and not get involved in silly things like this.
Psh yeah right when would she ever not do that. Since no one seemed to be paying her any attention Luna smiled to herself backing off for a moment. Distracted by one another Luna bent down keeping her stance low for a moment creating a much smaller barrier then she normally would make around her hands, packing snow against the barrier itself till it was quite the hefty sized ball of snow.
Shifting on her heel Luna spun around in the snow for a moment before lobbing the small barrier right in-between Leroy and Rush. "Fire in the hole!" Right as she did that Luna would snap her fingers detonating the barrier between the two of them like some sort of snow grenade blasting outwards to the two digimon fighting, though not strong enough to hit anyone outside of the range of the two of them, given her barriers could pack quite a punch if she didn't hold back! Thankfully this wasn't one of her normal barriers, mini sized, mini fire power. "Sorry, saw you two seemed to be distracting one another so I felt it was a good time to strike!"
Though a few moments after she did that Luna noticed the time out Rush seemed to be going for, heading over just in time to hear Leroy talking about the small digimon in question. "Could just be a villager that got caught in the cross fire, you sure you're okay little one? If you're hurt at all I can heal ya like that." Luna said snapping her fingers to emphasize what she meant.
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