Chance to be a Big Shot [Post-DATS] [Sophie/Vergil/Hisato]

Hoping she had provided enough notice to the others, Sophie made sure she was properly equipped. Well, she had her digivice, AEGIS uniform, and D-terminal with all their additional features that she had added onto them over the years, so that was enough. Thankfully it was mostly because of her Infini-store feature that allowed this.

With that, once she was sure AEGIS HQ was properly staffed in their absence, Lantis activated his holosuit, so that he would appear to all others to be a tall, muscular human not to be messed with. And from there, they made their way to Shibuya Station. Once there, they waited until the elevator had no other civilians present, then they both entered. Once inside, Sophie held her digivice up to the control panel, and waited for the familiar mechanical chirp that indicated an established link. From there, the elevator descended. Not to the subway level, but a level beyond, only accessible to chosen humans and digimon.

The elevator doors opened, and Sophie and Lantis emerged to the now rather empty Trailmon terminal. It seemed it had been a short while after the previous scheduled departure, and the next one was over an hour away. That suited them just fine.

“Well then, plenty of time to catch up on the news.” Sophie remarked, and approached the news kiosk. The Bokomon attending it gladly sold her a copy of The Terminus Times. This little old touch of tradition held well with Sophie. Even if it was an old fashioned newspaper, it still told her what was going on in the digital world and what most residents there were focused on. Plus her brother’s partner’s daughter Gaz often wrote rather interesting articles in it. That would be a great way to wait for the hours to come.

“Can I please read too, Soph?” Lantis asked, the Leomon also interested in events from the digital world. And so they read together for any events that caught their eye.

“Hmm… you know, the lack of anything interesting reassures me, Lan.” Sophie said, as the paper mostly covered good-news stories, like the success of record harvests on the Network Plains, and the opening of the Rosewood Sports Stadium. That there wasn’t some evil bastard causing chaos somewhere was reassuring.

“Not me though, Soph, I don’t trust the media, yet alone the digital world model.” Lantis replied, seriously. “The amount of lies I had to tell the press back when I was a Terminus City Guard… there’s so much more going on in the background than you think.”

“Well, at least this indicates that nothing too scandalous has reached the point that it has to be reported on…?” Sophie asked, but then realized afterward that it was something of a weak thing to say. She definitely wouldn’t say the same if there was a similar situation in Shibuya.

“Eh, it’s about as good as it gets.” Lantis shrugged.

Shortly afterward, they were approached by familiar people. Sophie quickly recognized Vergil, and waved to him as he approached. She knew already that his partners were still in the digital world, hence why he was alone without them. She knew that Vee had been spending time with Luke in the Village of Beginnings, and that Gummy was with Bezil in Ys. Hopefully she had given enough time of notice for them to be reunited in Terminus City.

Next to arrive were three other youths that Sophie hadn’t met yet. But since they recognized Vergil, she assumed that he was the Hisato she had sent her message to.

“Hiya, nice to meet you.” Sophie said cheerfully. “I’m Sophie James. I assume you know why I called you here by your D-Terminal?” she asked, not wanting to reveal more until all was confirmed.

In the next moment, there was a rush of wind, followed by a loud rumbling, then a light slowly glowed brighter in the rail tunnel beyond the station. And sure enough, a Trailmon leading a train of four carriages rumbled onto the platform, leading to a halt before all the doors opened.

“Well then, let’s convene in our booked compartment.” Sophie said, leading them to the first class carriage. She had booked it ahead, realizing the importance of booking such a compartment ahead of time. AEGIS business shouldn’t be carelessly talked about in the zero privacy of the other carriages. She presented her ticket to the conductor, who acknowledged it with a nod and told them where their seats were. And so Sophie and Lantis took their seats in the six-seat compartment, Lantis closest to the window, Sophie taking the middle seat next to him.

“So, you all ready and comfortable?” Sophie asked the others, after their compartment door was closed in perparation for the departure. Once they were, she would be ready to brief them on the task ahead.