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The Abandoned Child(OPEN)
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on May 18, 2022 1:44:25 GMT
In a forest somewhere in the Eastern Timberlands was what looked like a glittering spider web with evidence of it being used and patched up somewhat haphazardly meaning the web would likely need to be remade after a few more days that is if the owner made it that long. Not far from the web was a tall tree that the web was dangling from and there was what looked like a five year human child just a few inches above three feet tall but she was not human as the child was indeed a digimon despite looking very human. Maybe even frighteningly human.
As for the child her power was weak and fluctuating but it was clear to digimon who got close enough that the little one was at least a rookie in power but a human would be oblivious. As for the girl's appearance, she was quite a frightful sight. Her pale skin was covered in mostly healed bruises and cuts. Her hair which was a dark shade of blonde similar to a Wizardmon which made sense seeing as her father was a Wizardmon named Mandrake whom she never met. The hair however was filthy and matted making her original hair color hard to distinguish. She also looked malnourished relying exclusively on her web to catch non digimon prey since she was too afraid to enter deeper into the woods to forage for more substantial food since she did know how to forage for food in the non spider way because she feared someone would hurt or kill her. She was wearing gross and filthy rags for clothes. They were so filthy that the original color was impossible to salvage and the clothes would likely fall apart if one attempted to wash them. The humanoid child was curled up inside a tree feeling scared she would not last much longer. Why did her mom abandon her? Why wasn't she loved?
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Jun 10, 2022 5:01:42 GMT
It's been a long time since Tsumi had joined the digital world suddenly, being given a pair of hyper and child like digimon as partners. The pair walked beside the teenage girl into the Eastern Timberlands, each carrying a basket of picked food for the evening. There was the Zubamon nicknamed "Caliber", a bipedal lizard clad in golden armor-like scales with a dangerous looking sword-horn. Then there was Ludomon, nicknamed "Dauntless". A small furry digimon covered in scrap armor, including large clawed gauntlets with shields on the back of each hand, and a round shield-like helmet.
Tsumi rolls her eyes at the pair as they sneak a few bites of food... "That's for dinner, guys..." She says as they quickly put their half-eaten pieces of food back where they belonged. "Shorry Shoomi" "Yesh...shorry..." They both say with full mouths before swallowing and quietly following the girl towards the direction of their home away from home.
It was then that something caught the teenage girl's eye. A....little girl? Tsumi drops her basket of food and walks to the sight quickly, her eyes catching the sight of the gleaming nearby spider web and instantly feeling dread for what could have made such a thing. "Hey there..." Tsumi says quietly. "Let's get you somewhere safe. Come on. I have food you can have...." She says with a worried tone as her two weapon-themed digimon put their baskets on the ground carefully. "Tsumi....""We have a bad feeling about this. Lets go."
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Post by Naoki + Xu + Filia on Jun 10, 2022 6:13:08 GMT
Forests...always gave Aizawa Naoki the worst of feelings. It was inexplicable to him but they always invoked dread. Dread was by far the worst of emotions. But, he had to at least overcome whatever that was. At the very least, he wasn't...alone. A Coronamon and a Lunamon trailed behind.
It was, overall, a calm and pleasant trip. "So...you really don't remember what happened?" The Coronamon asked, before Naoki shook his head. "Not all of it. Fragments." Amnesia was...a bitch. As crass a term as it was. Of course, all of that was completely irrelevant to current events! The Lunamon raised a hand to halt the duo as she pointed forwards at...three individuals. No, four. Three fourths were Digimon...
"...There's a human, so nothing to worry about..." The Lunamon mused. Now, while she was one for staying back? The other two were not, given they calmly walked on over. "Hey, good...morning? Afternoon? Sorry, don't really know what time it is right now. But...uh. What's this?" Naoki pushed his glasses up, peering towards the...web? Then to Calibur and Dauntless. Hadn't seen those Digimon before...
The Coronamon tilted their head. "...Sure don't see any spiders...Sorry to barge in, by the way. Just taking a walk and wound up here."
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Jun 10, 2022 20:51:20 GMT
Voices. There were voices in the forest. The child thought she was imagining things at first but apparently she had not gotten that bad off as to be hearing things as she was hearing not one but six different voices. Cracking a sapphire blue eye open she caught sight of an older teen girl approaching her and her eyes sprang wide open alive with a look of sheer panic. Despite being in such a terrible state she managed to push herself upright into a sitting position before wobbly getting to her feet. As if on pure adrenaline she raised her hand as it glowed a pink color from the child's magic. "N-No! Stay away from me! Sparkling Spinnerete!" Above her weak silky spider threads appeared before shooting out towards the group but they were weak fizzling out before they could hit anyone. However the child hadn't noticed using the attack as a distraction to attempt to flee. She got only so far before she tripped on a tree root face planting in the dirt and curling into a ball muttering "N-No. P-Please don't hurt me." It was then any human who saw her would be able to see eight tiny furry spider legs sticking out of her back and, like the rest of her, they were also trembling in fright. She felt too weak after that burst of energy and felt as if she was about to face the end.
Meanwhile, not far away, Mandrake and Lothar were heading through the forest at a slow pace looking for food when Mandrake's eyes widened as he felt a burst of magic and felt multiple mental signatures out in the woods some of them familiar. Before Lothar could say anything Mandrake took off sprinting with Lothar running right behind. Mandrake didn't know why but he had a feeling he had to get there as soon as he could.
OOC:
Sparkling Spinnerete: Magically summons silky spider threads with a wave of her hands before they shoot out at up to two different opponents before causing intense pain to the ones caught in the threads.
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Jun 10, 2022 23:15:27 GMT
Tsumi recoiled as the small girl panicked, eyes going wide and tumbling back onto her rear as the young digimon fired off a series of webs. Dauntless, already approaching the girl, shouts "Tsumi!" Before jumping in the way of the web and shouting "Wall Rake!"
With glowing claws, the rookie digimon swipes at any of the flying threads before they can reach anyone, only to find that all of it disappeared on its own... "What gives, brat?!" Caliber shouts at the kid and begins to chase them before they fall in a spectacular fashion. Tsumi, recovering from her initial shock, grabs onto Caliber's cape. "It's okay. She's scared," The girl says as the little lizard gives an angry mumble.
Tsumi lets go of her partner, and her gaze shifts to the new arrivals. "Oh...hi....I haven't seen another human in a while...Do you mind helping me calm her down?" She says, walking up to the little girl, and digging in her backpack for some salve. "Did you scrape yourself on that fall?" She asks, sitting down beside her, being sure not to touch the girl or make sudden movements. She puts the salve down in between them with a smile. "Put that on any scrapes and bruises, okay? It'll feel a lot better. We're friends here..." "Yeah, friends. Who don't attack each other." "What shield-hat said"
Tsumi simply glares at her two bickering digimon partners, both of them giving mischievous snickers in response.
"Why don't we start with this- Where are you from? Do you have any friends? Family, maybe? Are you lost?"
[OOC: Ludomon swiped at nothing with Wall Rake: The user quickly raises their arm with their clawed shield-arm]
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Post by Naoki + Xu + Filia on Jun 11, 2022 21:13:11 GMT
Good lord, that Digimon seemed to be on the brink of death by starvation if their attack couldn't even reach them. Naoki nodded, following along. "Sure--and that happens, from what I can tell. It's a bit perilous but there's always someone close by if you look hard enough."
"...Yeah, friends." Filia said in turn, as Calibur and Dauntless spoke/did their thing. "Honestly, I don't think she's from anywhere. Here, maybe, but...her signal speaks for itself--youth beyond youth. I think she just...-barely- hit Rookie."
It was arguably fairer to wait for the girl to maybe calm down and answer the questions, though. Naoki simply remained and squatted down. "Salve's smart. Likely what I would've done too."
Xu did not have much else to add if anything, so he was just keeping an eye around the perimeter. So, ultimately. What was the girl's answer?
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Jun 11, 2022 21:57:16 GMT
As the teen girl approached the young digimon's trembling only increased clearly not calming down. "S-Stay away!" the child responded before beginning to sob. It was clear she wasn't going to be providing many answers in her state. It was also clear she wasn't trusting of strangers.
At this point Mandrake burst from some nearby bushes with Lothar right behind. The Wizardmon was looking around spotting the group and approached Tsumi and her partners before he said "Tsumi? It's been a long time since I've seen you. What's going on here? I sensed a sudden spike of magic."
Lothar tapped Mandrake on the shoulder before he pointed to the trembling child on the ground before he said "Mandrake look. Over there."
Mandrake's gaze focused on the young digimon before his eyes widened at seeing the shape she was in. Not only that the child seemed to look more human than he did. Upon seeing the spider legs both he and Lothar looked shocked as they were getting a sneaking suspicion of how that child came to be but said nothing. The nearby spider web only confirmed his suspicions although he didn't sense the Arukenimon who kidnapped him roughly a month ago anywhere near there.
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Jun 11, 2022 22:23:34 GMT
In an act of pure instinct, Calibar turns to the entities that jumped from the bush. His horn glows a bright blue, extending slightly as the bladed armament sharpens. "TWENTIEST- Oh...." Caliber pauses, and the glowing blade fades back into its normal silver and gold state. "It's you two. It's been a while. I've grown bigger, see!?" Caliber says, striking a pose as Dauntless waves one of his shielded hands. "I still can't do magic. Kind of boring stuff, honestly."
Tsumi raises a brow at Mandrake, then Lothar, then the child... That....wasn't LJ. At least, she didn't think so. Regardless, she stands up and steps back. "She's panicking, Mandrake. I'm not sure how to uh...continue." She says as her two digimon begin to investigate the webs nearby. "We should really cut these down, right?" "I'd say so. If some poor flying digimon got stuck, they'd probably starve." The two digimon consider their options- not wanting to get stuck in the webs themselves, and also....lacking any ranged method of taking the large biological traps down.
Tsumi presses her lips together into a fine, thin line as she picks up her salve and holds it towards Mandrake. "Maybe...you try giving this to the kid?" She asks in an almost pleading nature.
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Post by Naoki + Xu + Filia on Jun 18, 2022 1:21:56 GMT
Naoki's immediate guess here was the child was panicked. Which was not unreasonable or anything, just...par the course. It was a guess that was also by and large shared by his partners too. "Hi, I'm in the same boat as...Tsumi. There's a lot about this that I quite frankly do not know. Also, my name's Naoki. Just so I don't forget to say my name later. The Coronamon is Xu and the Lunamon is Filia--old friends of mine."
"...Hm." Xu sniffed a little bit, staring towards the wizard, before the child. There was a noteworthy similarity between the two...So, the Coronamon decided to take a very bold guess. "Similar data signals--is this kid by any chance yours?"
"Dude, you can't just sniff the air a few times and guess that they're related. What the hell? That's completely against any logic or reasoning-" Filia began, before she quieted down. "Right, signals." The Lunamon glanced to the two Legend Arms.
"I can try helping with getting the webs dealt with--but I admittedly don't know if it's worth doing. Don't know how strong they are, after all, especially given the state we found the spider girl in."
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Jun 18, 2022 2:04:43 GMT
Mandrake nodded at Calibur noting the pose he was striking before he said "You sure have though I expected you and Dauntless would of grown stronger since we haven't seen each other for awhile. Not since LJ was a baby anyway." Little did Tsumi and her partners know he and Lothar had two other kids since then three if what they suspected about the young spiderling was true. Then he looked at the other tamer with a set of twins of his own and said "Nice to meet you, Naoki, Xu, and Filia. As you've heard my name is Mandrake and the Leomon with me is my fiancé Lothar." When Xu sniffed him he asked if the kid was his after mention similar data signals only for Filia called him out on it. Mandrake only sighed not knowing how to explain things.
As for the child she was still laying there shaking while listening to everyone hearing the name Mandrake before glancing over at the Wizardmon. Her sapphire blue eyes widened at the sight of Mandrake as he matched the description she was given by her "mother" of who her father was. Weakly pushing herself into a seated position she looked at Mandrake taking in all that was said before she said "Are you really, Mandrake? Are you my dad?" Her voice was soft but perfectly audible amongst the group.
Mandrake now knew he had some explaining to do but one thing at a time. First he had to answer the child. "If your mother was Arukenimon then, yes, technically I am. What about you, little one? What's your name?"
The child looked down at the ground before she said "I....I don't have a name. Mother never gave me one. The name of my species is called Araneaemon." Then the tears started flowing again as she sobbed out. "S-She beat me up and abandoned me leaving me to die because s-she....she called me useless, weak, and a waste of her time to kill to absorb my data." She then was unable to talk more as she completely broke down sobbing with her hands covering her face as she shook with the force of each sob.
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Post by Tsumi Urushi on Jun 25, 2022 0:09:58 GMT
"Oh, right.... formal greetings." Tsumi says, looking to Naoki. "While this situation is...tense, I'll have you know that I'm Tsumi, and these two are Dauntless and Caliber. Legendary Arms, I guess? They're a bit short, but that's because someone keeps skipping their greens when we eat..."
The mentioned twin digimon casually work on swiping away whatever webs they can reach with their clawed arms. Caliber, being the ever-rebellious child he was, sticks his lizard-tongue out at Tsumi before tripping into the web, and flailing in a panic until his shield clad brother can help him out.
Tsumi's greeting eventually faded and become muddled should she say anything else as the small girl's words rung out and made the digimon-tamer purse her lips into a thin line in discomfort. GREAT discomfort. It seems like this situation hits a bit close to home for Tsumi, as she can't even muster to look at the small digimon girl anymore, taking a step back and allowing Mandrake to deal with their newly found child.
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