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To be alone or not to be alone [Mana]
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 8, 2014 8:03:57 GMT
So close...yet so far away. Between the attraction and the fear, Charles`s body hesitated with each step, the sweat coming down his face like it was raining. He stopped. From where he stood, one could see the statue of Hachiko Square, a firm, strong, loyal dog.
"Whoever had him, had a really loyal friend...unlike me." Charles thought to himself.
"You do have loyal friends." Steamdramon replied in his mind
"Like you? You`re a..."
"What is "loyalty"? Can you really tag someone as "loyal"? Believe me I have loyalty towards you, even if you don`t understand it yet. Think about it. Let`s take a rest at that Café, shall we?"
As much as Charles disliked Steamdramon, the infamous digimon had a point. Indeed, Charles was putting too much power into the word "loyalty". Or was he?
Of course, Charles also needed to rest, again, agreeing with Steamdramon. He walked towards the café and sat on a mettallic chair. Charles had to sit sideways because the table was reflecting the light from that`s day`s powerfull sun, bright like it was on fire. A waiter showed up with her notebook and pen ready to take his order. "I`ll the take a simple confee please." Charles told the waiter before she had time to say anything. The wiater left immediatly, seeming a bit offended by Charles`s rush to speak.
Another look at the square`s statue reminded him of the people he had hurt. Charles`s had to contain himself, avoid tears. He still couldn`t believe he was actually about to do what he was about to do... but it seemed to be the only way to end this nightmare. How close was he from the station? He knew he was in central Shibuya, but... The cofee came. Without thinking, Charles grabbed it.
"You might wanna think twice before you drink that." Steamdramon interviened in Charles`s head just in time for him to realise he was about to drink a cofee right away. He stopped and put the cofee down. At least Steamdramon was concerned about his host`s safety. |
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Post by Mana on Sept 8, 2014 13:21:42 GMT
Busy days were weird for Mana. She didn’t know if she liked them or not. She had discovered that their little adventure with Ayaka took most of their Sunday, although not even then her parents had discovered that she was missing, Yuu had been worried sick all this time. He didn’t know about the D-Terminals? Well, Kyo didn’t seem to be the more knowledgeable digimon, so she explained that to him. At least now he was at ease. What was totally uncool was the fact that she had so much accumulated schoolwork that she had almost pulled an all-nighter to complete it.
She was a really healthy person, and this was one of the first times she had this kind of excesses, so she was handling it mostly well and could actually think straight during most of the schoolday. But that didn’t mean that she yawned the precise instant that she was out of the last class. Today’s schoolwork was rather easy, so she thought that it might be fun to vent out a little… or maybe just drink something to make this sleepiness go away.
She ventured into central Shibuya again, but now she had taken extreme precautions to not to end in the so dreaded Scramble Crossing. One time visiting those morally dubious places was just one time too much, and as she advanced into a giant square that had a statue of a giant Akita Inu. She knew the history that had transformed itself into a legend, but today she wasn’t really interested in that tale. The thing that she really wanted now was to enter in the nearby café she had just seen.
“What do you say, Ayaka?” she surreptitiously asked to her backpack.
“I was actually thinking when you would ask that, miss Mana” said Ayaka’s calm Cormon voice from inside her backpack “If you recall, it was me who did all the travelling yesterday”
“Yeah, but you slept while I did my schoolwork… nevermind. Let’s just enter there”
It was a rather small café, and because school had ended like an hour ago or so, it was absolutely overcrowded with people who just wanted to hang out, some businessmen and… a half full table! Mana smiled. Today was her lucky day indeed. She approached the table, her radiant smile still etched on her face and regarded it’s only current occupant. He was definitely taller than most people she had seen on her life! She suspected that maybe he was a good forty or so centimetres taller than her. He was somewhat disheveled, but hey, she wasn’t nobody to tell people about things about their appearance, as she didn’t paid much attention to hers to begin with.
“Hi!” she cheerfully greeted the stranger “Do you mind if I sit here? The rest of the café’s rather full. I promise that I won’t bother you!”
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 8, 2014 14:22:04 GMT
The café began to grow crowded as time passed, leaving a certain tension in Charles's mind. Even before he met Steamdramon, his first spirit, Charles's was always a deep introvert. He had always hated crowds fearfull of who he might run into.
But still he remained in his seat, both because he hadn't even began to drink his cofee and also because he was still too tired to just keep going. The atmosphere was getting warmer inside the café as it got fuller and fuller. Charles had no idea where all this people were coming from, but judging from their appearances, they were students like him. He began to get worried, because thought he didn't know anyone from these students, he couldn't allow himself to be recognized, as he had ran from home. He couldn't allow Steamdramon anywhere near his parents, but they were certanly looking for him.
He heard someone greet him and was stunned in shock, fearing that he had indeed been recognised. Fortunatly whoever it was, was just asking for a place to sit. Charles stood up and pulled the other chair back, then signalized the newcomer to sit. He's parents taugth him to do that, calling it "manners". A funny thing about parent's, the longest list they know is called "manners".
Charles went back to his chair.
"There's no problem at all. Some company might actually be good for me." Charles told the girl. He noticed her wide smile and gave a quick smile back before turning to his cofee still there full on the table. "So... What's your name?" |
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Post by Mana on Sept 8, 2014 15:39:33 GMT
Mana smiled at this stranger’s show of politeness and kindness, and as she saw him stand at his full height, he was undoubtedly the tallest person she had ever met.
“Thank you very much for your kindness” she said as she took seat. “Everyone needs a little company now and then, food’s actually better when eaten in company, actually! By the way, the name’s Tsumura Mana, nice to meet you! May I ask yours?”
After introducing herself, she made some gestures at a nearby waiter to come,
“Your order?
“A peach smoothie, please! And I don’t know, something to eat. I’m up to a surprise!”
She seemed to not to lose her cheery disposition, but after ordering, she made a gesture as if rememebering something. She brought her backpack and unzipped it, taking out what seemed to be a somewhat smallish water lily-onion hybrid plushie, cradling it in her lap.
“Hope you don’t mind her too. You see, she doesn’t like being in closed spaces for too long”
The drink came quite fast, and after her first sip, her curiosity piqued at the stranger’s apparent tiredness.
“You too had a rough day?” she asked as if to make conversation “Today seems to be the hardest day of the week”
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 8, 2014 17:59:00 GMT
The newcomer seemed pleased by Charles's manners, making him wonder if his parents didn't teach such things to him just for the sake of tradition. Then she introduced herself as Tsumura Mana and asked about his own name.
"No need to thank me. My name's Charles Ashmore. Nice to meet you too Tsumura." Charles answered the girl on the other end of the table. He took a quick check on his cofee to see if it was safe to drink yet. He heard the girl order something "suprising", leaving him thinking about how trusting this newfound of his was to let strangers decide what she'd eat with no information. Charles's finnaly took a sip at his cofee as the girl opened her bag. What she took out of it made Charles's heart stop for a moment.
The girl...had... a digimon. Or at least there was a strong possibility it was a digimon, despite the skill him or her was showing by standing so still. Not wanting to cause an alarm around them, since they were in a crowded place, Charles decided to take a different approach. He called a nearby waiter who was holding a notepad.
"Excuse me, could I borrow a piece of paper and your pen for a second, I need to note down something quickly and I have nothing to write with." Charles asked the waiter. The man handed over the note book and the pen to Charles, who quickly wrote down his question and handed over the remaining paper and the pen to the waiter. "Thank you."
The waiter bowed with a slight smile and left. With an equisetory look on his face, Charles handed over the piece of paper. On it was a simple question: " Is that a digimon?". Charles hoped he was wrong, he hoped it really was just a plush toy and the girl would laugth at him and ask him what a digimon was. Charles's could feel his breathing getting heavy. |
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Post by Mana on Sept 8, 2014 19:41:24 GMT
So his name was Charles… that just confirmed the notion she had about him being a foreigner.
“Oh please, just call me Mana, Charles-san. I’m gonna feel like an old lady if you call me by my surname and I’m only thirteen!
She continued sipping her smoothie with Ayaka on her lap. The little digimon was undoubtedly relaxing at having some fresh air, but still found rather uncomfortable the fact that she had to remain mostly stiff in Mana’s lap. Granted, she still moved a little or blinked when she thought that nobody was seeing her, but still, this just pissed her a little too much. Still, Charles seemed to be visibly altered at her appearance. Maybe he knew about digimons too? But even then, he must’ve known that she didn’t represent any danger for him in that stage. Well mostly, because she could still defend herself if this stranger wasn’t as polite as he seemed to be. He then seemed to be asking for a waiter, and said man brought some pen and paper another waiter brought some Wagasashi: the food that Mana had “asked” for.
Mana had to admit that the waiter indeed had a great taste, these sweets were great! He even feed one to Ayaka when Charles seemed to be busy scribbling something in the paper he had asked for. He passed it to her; it was a silent question about Ayaka’s sapience. Well, definitely Shibuya was a small place!
“Yeah, she’s one” she answered her cheery tone now mixed with excitement “I can’t believe that just the guy with the half full table knew about these things. You too have a partner, Charles-san?”
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 8, 2014 20:28:53 GMT
His fears were confirmed. Indeed Mana was holding a digimon posing as a stuffed animal. Charles passed his all over his face as if trying to clean himself from the dread and guilt of what he might do. Mana seemed excited in contrast and ask him if he had a partner. Charles raised his D-Tector from his pocket and showed it to her.
"I don't. But if that guy was my partner I would have thrown him off the cliff we met at." Charles told Mana in burst of hatred and anger towards Steamdramon and himself. He put back his device and stood. "I better go."
Charles quickly walked to the balcony and pulled out some cash to pay the cofee.
"Please keep the change." Charles told the waiter who came to get the money. Charles left quickly throught the door, being cqugth by suprise the intense sun shining above. He had to keep moving. He couldn't hurt anyone else. He walked towards the place where the station should be and shoved himself in the first dark alley he found and sat on the flat, hard floor. |
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Post by Mana on Sept 8, 2014 21:04:04 GMT
Both the girl and the digimon were indeed perplexed at Charles’ reaction. He had shown a digivice similar to Carrie’s and that most likely meant that he could transform himself into a digimon. As she was about to mention him how cool she thought that was, Charles threw a single hateful line and proceeded to storm out of the place. Mana smirked; that just won’t do. Hot on his heels (and somewhat lamenting not finishing her smoothie) she did quite the same than the boy. She paid for her part, and left the café trying to follow the boy’s general direction.
And it wasn’t that hard, really. To Mana, run was an everyday thing, and as Charles didn’t seem to be that physically fit and adding to that the fact that he was taller than most people, following him wasn’t that hard. What surprised her was that his final destiny seemed to be… an alley? It seemed to be really fishy, and with a good quota of caution, Ayaka stealthily evolved into her Kodamon form as their entered the damp, dark alley even though her partner had said that it would be alright. And there he was, sitting on the floor. Ayaka grew worried every second, but Mana just made an apologetic smile at Charles.
“Sorry for following you here, Charles-san” she began, as she too sat on the cold floor “I wanted to apologize for any offensive words I may have said to you. Maybe we can start again?”
She paused her speech for a second before smiling again.
“Hi! The name’s Tsumura Mana, but you can call me Mana! I’d really like to be your friend!”
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 8, 2014 21:39:08 GMT
It didn`t take long for Mana to find him with her partner. The girl tried to apologize, to start fresh. Charles took a deep breath standing and replying. "Look. It`s not the first time I run into a tamer and a digimon. I almost killed the last group and the only reason it didn`t happen is because Steamdramon want`s to find his "creator" before he tries to steal that digimon`s speed by what I imagine is a process of dissection." Charles told the girl "Ok, sorry. I just... I`m sorry if I`m being like this, but I`m afraid... Steamdramon is a murderer. And he has proven to be harder to control than one would like. I`m just saying you didn`t do anything wrong, I have to stay away, I can`t let him hurt anyone else, especially since I`m going back to the digital world to..."
Charles stopped himself. What he was going back to the digital world for was horrible, but necessary.There was no way to end it, no other way.
"There`s something coming." Steamdramon told Charles in his head.
"Worst time possible." Charles complained, ignoring the warning angry. Why would this guy never just leave him alone? Let him make friends?
"Don`t say I didn`t warn you." Steamdramon said in his head.
Charles was worried about Mana`s possible reaction. He only was certain of one thing: This couldn`t turn out good. Not while Steamdramon was still around. |
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Post by Mana on Sept 8, 2014 22:18:35 GMT
As Charles stood up, Mana did the same. She didn’t need to feel even smaller than him. He seemed to be quite troubled and started telling her his story. Apparently his spirit digimon had his own agenda and was using Charles’ body to do horrible things. And even a bit about something to do about the Digital World. She took a deep breath before she started talking.
“Look, Charles-san. I’m nobody to say something because I don’t know your whole situation, but what I do know it’s that burdens are always lighter when they’re shared, don’t you think?” maybe her expression had changed from cheery to serious, but it was caring nonetheless “I’ve learnt the hard way that everybody has troubles, and even when I don’t think I’ve crossed a person with your particular problem, I’m still willing to stand by your side and bear it with you. Don’t you see? If you think it’s harder for you to control him, it’s because you’re always running! He has separated you from your friends and loved ones and that’s because it seems harder every time!” She had decided to not to address the digital world matter, but that too seemed to trouble it deeply.
Ayaka, meanwhile, seemed to sense something.
“Miss Mana, something is coming. Be alert” she seemed to be somewhat anxious, and already was trying to fin whatever was supposed to be stalking them.
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 8, 2014 22:50:17 GMT
Charles thought about Mana`s words for a second. Didn`t she understand? Steamdramon was deranged, insane! But, on the other hand... a friend? Someone that would actually try to help him? No it wasn`t possible, she simply hadn`t seen the horrific things Steamdramon could do. He had no choice but to tell her of his incidente. The day he met Steamdramon. "I don`t know if you ever been to or even heard about the dark área, but the first time I went to the digital world I wound up there. I was lost, starving, left for dead. No one would help me, no one cared about me, except when it came to wanting to kill me.There was one, however, after several days that befriended me, despite that earning him the possible hatred of many of his own village. We became friends. Not long after that we were attacked. We ran, and I found Steamdramon`s spirit. I turned into him and he used me to push both the attacker and my friend down the Hill. I was devastated. You know what he could me, what his excuse was? "He was too nice". Steamdramon murdered my friend because he was "too nice". " Charles explained. He tried to hold himself, but he wasn`t able to stop a tear falling down from his. He was quick to clean it. What he was about to do... he couldn`t alllow himself tears, not anymore "I tried to be passive to get friends. I sacred each one off. I doubt you wanna be friends with me. I doubt anyone would want to be friends with me. Not if they knew Steamdramon. I..." Charles was interrupted by the ground shaking suddenly. He heard a sound behind him, a strange, loud sound and saw something he didn`t expect. A sort of...data geiser? Appearaing from the ground. The raw data began to get together, and forming a silhuete. It began to glow and when the light faded there was a large, blue, insect-like digimon in front of them. Charles took out his D-Tector again. The little screen stated the digimon was a Kabuterimon. Low on defenses, but fast and with large fire-power. To Charles the big question was: how did it get here? |
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Post by Mana on Sept 9, 2014 3:59:06 GMT
Many would have said that Charles speech would scare Mana, but it had quite the opposite effect. She thought she comprehended what was facing, as she looked at the tall boy with determination,
You know that everything that Steamdramon has done can be fixed, right?” she then tried to adopt Charles tone, but only could got a sound akin to a depressed little girl “I don’t know if you ever been to or even heard about the village of the beginnings” noticing that she couldn’t ever made a good impression of him, she returned to her normal voice “There all digimons are reborn, and maybe your friend’s in there! Yeah, maybe that guy Steamdramon’s a psycho, but he only proved that he’s just terrified of your friends if the first thing he did was to murder the only one you had!
Even though all she had said, Charles seemed hellbent on rejecting her. Okay, if he was that hard she'd just try it one last time.
“But I just guess that if what I can say about me wanting be your friend doesn’t convince, I’ll have to just prove it
She started walking towards him, but before she could reach Charles, Ayaka shouted at her.
“Miss Mana, you can do that later!” Look out!” the plantlike fairy said in a urgent voice.
It was... data just erupting from the ground and taking form? Okay, that’s new, It took the shape of a giant rhinoceros beetle that was in front of them. He geniunely looked menacing, but what did it wanted to do?
“Is he supposed to be friend or foe?” she said as she brought out her digivice and pointed it a the giant beetle <Kabuterimon; Level: Adult; Type: Insect; Attribute: Vaccine; Families: Jungle Troopers, Nature Spirits>
“I don’t know, but be prepared, this could get ugly real fast".
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 9, 2014 7:49:36 GMT
Mana`s speech on how digimon were reborn in the village of begginings and how everything could be fixed touched Charles. He could have cracked a smile if not for Steamdramon`s comment.
"You know he won`t remember you. He can`t have his memory back. Besides how would you find him in the middle of a swarm of eggs in which he might not even be anymore?" Were Steamdramon`s words in Charles`s head, destroying the rising morale and helping the ever-growing hatred Charles felt for Steamdramon.
Mana told Charles she`d prove to want to be his friend and began walking towards him. This seriously confused Charles, but the following event confused him even more. The appearance of the Kabuterimon shouldn`t be possible. Could digimon, champion level digimon, just randomly spawn in the human world?
Mana asked if the Kabuterimon was a friend or a foe, and the creature roared and flyed up, clearly getting ready to strike.
"I`d say neither. It`s simply wild." Charles replied
"Eletro-Shocker!" The Kabuterimon shouted. An eletrical ball was formed and thrown right at them.
Charles took a last-minute leap ahead, dodging the eletrical ball by little. Pieces of concrete from where the attack hit were scattered everywhere. Immediatly, the Kabuterimon began to form another attack. Instintively grabbed the D-Tector. He hesitated for a moment, afraid of what he was about to do. But he couldn`t be afraid. He was about to go to the digital world to, as Mana had said, "fix" this. He couldn`t fear prevent him from using the weapons he had. A strand of fractal code appeared on his hand. He knew what he had to do.
"Spirit fraction evolution execute!" Charles shouted, sweeping the fractal code through the top of the D-Tector. A moment before Charles stood there. Now Replimon stood there. The mechanical digimon jumped in front of the kabuterimon`s attack.
"Ghost Mirror!" Replimon shouted, raising his shield. The ball of eletricity entered the shield and exited in the opposite direction, hitting the Kabuterimon who had been caught by suprise. Replimon didn`t wait and rushed to use another attack. He jumped to the enormous insect and grabbed it with the eletrical arms that sprouted from his back. "Sequence replica!"
Replimon felt them growing. The attack worked. On his back, a copy of Kabuterimon`s wings was sprouting. However, the joy didn`t last all that much.
"Beetle Horn Attack!" The Kabuterimon screamed, charging at Replimon and hitting him with his horn, causing the machine to fall down into the roof of a building.
(OOC: Kabuterimon`s attacks: Electro Shocker (Mega Blaster): Fires an electrical ball at enemies.
◾Beetle Horn Attack (Beetle Horn): Charges his horn with electricity, and attacks enemies with it.
◾Electric Storm: Charges his body and arms with electricity, then flies around with the electricity attacking nearby opponents for 2 posts (2 posts cooldown))
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Post by Mana on Sept 9, 2014 16:00:05 GMT
“Hey, I’ve met my fair share of wild digimons that were friendly! So don’t blame their condition to their attitude!” she scolded the older boy, but because of that, she couldn’t see Kabuterimon’s Electro Shocker coming at them.
“Miss Mana, be careful!” shouted Ayaka as she pushed her partner out of harm’s way. This girl sometimes was just too reckless
“Ow, ow!” she said as she dusted herself and stood up “Well, I guess that answers it. Ayaka, I think that we don’t have any other option than to…”
“Yes, I know” she answered curtly “Let’s just do this before I regret it”
“Alrighty! Digimental UP!
The violet light enveloped Ayaka’s Kodamon form as she changed into the one of a giant and mossy spider. She was Nephilamon now.
“Hey meanie! Did you know that spiders eat insects for breakfast?” the girl taunted as her partner readied herself.
And more or less, that it was what Ayaka’s plan. As she released a cloud of white spores from the fungi in her back. With her Adrenalina move up, she started climbing the nearby building wall at an unbelievably high speed. When she reached the roof, she took aim at the giant beetle as he rammed Replimon and pounced at him. She was way faster than him so unless he did a very daring maneuver, but even then, she wasn’t aiming for a bite. She just waited until Kabuterimon tried to dodge and then launched her Vanarasi Sari at him. As she landed in the roof were Replimon was. As her foe was a flying digimon, if that bolt actually stroke true, he would be in deep, deep trouble. The most likely result would be that he would just come crashing down due to its stickiness.
OOC: Ayaka doesn't call out her evolutions nor her attacks. Hope you're alright with that. Edit: Fixed the attack thing.
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Post by Evil Riddle on Sept 9, 2014 16:27:48 GMT
(OOC: I'm ok with the evolution part, but not naming the attacks makes it very confusing and hard to figure out what exactly is the attack and what isn't and which attack it is.
Also, I have to apologize for this, but I'm on my phone right now, and I can't get the coloring for when Steamdramon or Replimon speak, so I'll mark it with an "*" so you know it's one of those two in case I don't mention it. Hope you understand both this things.)
Lying on cold roof, Replimon could hear the sounds of evolution coming from where Mana and her partner were. Soon he saw how his, at the moment, ally looked like. The spider-like digimon jumped quickly aginst the kabuterimon, who at the moment was hovering above him.
The insectoid digimon dodged Ayaka extremly quickly as one would expect of an insect digimon, but it seemed Ayaka had something cooked up. A large web of silk was thrown at the Kabuterimon, causing the gigantic blue insect to get trapped in it and fall right in front of where Mana was.
"Eletric St..." The kabuterimon had began shouting before it was caught in the web.
Replimon stood up and took flight, using the wings he had copied from Kabuterimon. As he flied down to the wild digimon, he could see it struggling against the web it was trapped on. Replimon was interested in the horn of this digimon. He now could see why his creator had added that horn onto Kimeramon. He approached the head of the enormous insect,despitethe desperate and angry roars the creature unleashead as it struggled for freedoom. He approached with arms and used his attack again.
"Sequence Replica!" a small spark of eletricity came from Replimon's arms to release data from the Kabuterimon to be copied, but the unexpected happened: the web somehow reacted to the eletricity and exploded, throwing back Replimon and freeing Kabuterimon, who again took flight. Despite this, Kabuterimon was heavialy damaged by the explosion and Replimon was still able to copy the data from the Kabuterimon's horn, causing a copy of kabuterimon's head to appear over Replimon's. "Very well, let's see if my new weapon works. Mirage of the haunted!"
Four copies of Replimon appeared all with Kabuterimon's head and wings. They all took flight and headed for the Kabuterimon. The group of copies and Kabuterimon head-butted each other, destroying two of the copies, but also throwing back Kabuterimon. |
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