CATS

[thescaronhisface]

Who: Kovu, Hollyleaf, and anyone else!
What: A couple of new arrivals to the city!
When: Midday-ish
Where: Just outside the main Terminal

[It takes Kovu a good few minutes to finally figure everything out with his new body - well enough, anyway. Now there's a different problem, in the shape of a really annoying animal trying to tell him what to do. He growls at it - or tries to at least - but doesn't get much of a reaction. Eventually he gives up, and takes the...digivice? Whatever the thing's supposed to be. There's also a...leaf he's supposed to pick up. The weird animal calls it a "letter."

He walks outside, only to get tackled immediately by another strange animal.]

You must be Kovu!

[The former lion is bowled over, since he can still barely walk without falling, and glares fiercely at the thing that pounced him before shoving it off.]

Who're you?

[The rabbit-like animal stands up, and brushes off his ears.]

I'm Lopmon, and I'm your Digimon partner!

...What?

Didn't you read the letter?

...Read?

[The Digimon hits his forehead with a paw.]

Hand it over, lunkhead.

[Kovu gives the animal a look, then kneels down to give him the letter. Lopmon takes a minute or two to read it to him, and to try to explain things as best he can to someone who never even had written language in his world, much less buildings or any sort of technology. Kovu does his best to understand, but not all of it's sinking in. There's just too much to get.]

Comments

[notmyprophecy]

I'm not going to hurt my partner! That's not how they'll be comfortable!

[Hollyleaf's ears are back more now, from sadness.] Stop... please, I... [She shakes her head fiercely.] I'm not the one you should call for this.

[thescaronhisface]

You got any bright ideas?

[Kovu stays next to Hollyleaf, though his hand dropped from her shoulder a while ago.]

You don't want me, either.

[notmyprophecy]

There's talking to them again, or trying-- Please, I've been waiting for you, I know you're the one--

I'm not even good enough to help my Clan! How can I help an entire-- everything! Whatever you're saying!

[thescaronhisface]

I don't think talking's helping!

[Kovu doesn't say anything, but he's got that sort of far off look, and he certainly doesn't look happy.]

[notmyprophecy]

[Veemon begins to get frustrated.] Then, listen! You may not think you're right for the job but we have no way for you to go back to your worlds, so at the very least, you have to get used to this place!

[Hollyleaf hangs her head. It's not like she's welcome back there anyway. Besides Fallen Leaves...]

[thescaronhisface]

[Kovu almost growls and yells something back, but then he thinks about it for a second. If Kiara were here, she'd want him to make the most of this, wouldn't she?]

Fine. I'll help.

...Just...stop calling me "Chosen," okay?

[Lopmon can't help how confused he is, but his partner's refusing to tell him anything.]

Whatever, I won't call you that. But that's what you are, and everyone else is still gonna say it anyway.

[notmyprophecy]

Well, they shouldn't. [Her voice is soft.

Veemon reaches up with one paw to Hollyleaf's. Maybe she's just numb, but Hollyleaf doesn't pull away.]

Let's...start this again. Hollyleaf, I'm your partner. I'm here to help you, in whatever way you need. I'm Veemon.

[thescaronhisface]

[Kovu finally steps away from Hollyleaf, letting her and her partner have a bit of space. He looks down at Lopmon, who still looks a little grumpy.]

Quit looking at me like that.

What're you gonna do about it? You can barely even walk!

[notmyprophecy]

[Hollyleaf lets out a sigh and tries to adjust her shoulders; they feel weird, too high. At Lopmon's comment, she tries -- and fails -- to growl.]

Mocking your partner isn't helping either. They're adjusting.

[Hollyleaf glances at Kovu then, and...] ...You weren't a Two-leg either?

[thescaronhisface]

No way! I was a lion!

[Lopmon just grins.]

I don't see Kovu complaining about it like some baby!

[That gets Lopmon swatted at. Kovu doesn't do it hard, but he's just really tired of the lip.]

Hey!

Do you ever shut up?

[Lopmon just grumbles to himself. He doesn't want to get hit again.]

[notmyprophecy]

[Veemon follows by...smacking Lopmon too.

Hollyleaf, on the other hand, is finally showing some interest and life.] A-a lion?! You were a lion?!

[thescaronhisface]

Cut it out!

[He covers his head with both ears, trying to use them as a shield.

Kovu, though, is ignoring the Digimon now.]

Yeah. What's the big deal?

[notmyprophecy]

Then stop being confrontational!


[And Hollyleaf's equally lost in this.] You're a lion! When I was a kit, I heard legends of the Clans of old, the lions and tigers and leopards-- [She tries to take a step forward but stumbles and clings to the wall, suddenly embarrassed.]

Th- the great cats are held in...high regard. It's...an honor to meet a real...lion.

[thescaronhisface]

[Kovu almost reaches out to help steady her, but decides against it. She should be able to stand on her own...and she'd have to learn.

But when she says meeting him's an honor, his head falls, his mane - hair - covering his eyes from her.]

...Not me it isn't.

[notmyprophecy]

[She might regale him with tales she'd learned as a kit. She might excitedly tell him about lions and how the mythology of them has shaped parts of the Clan. She might tell him of LionClan and the great battles.

But she recognizes, more than anything, that voice and that look.]

Sorry. I... sorry.

[thescaronhisface]

[Kovu sighs, and shakes his head.]

Anyway, I'm Kovu.

And I'm Lopmon!

[notmyprophecy]

Veemon... [Guess who's protective.]

...Hollyleaf.

[thescaronhisface]

So...what kind of animal were you?

[notmyprophecy]

...Cat. Like, small cat, not like any of the greats.

[thescaronhisface]

Then I would've been bigger than you when I was a cub.

[Weird to think about, since now he's not that much taller than she is.]

[notmyprophecy]

I'm a full-grown cat! Don't treat me otherwise!

[Her fur on her ears and tail bristles. It's clear if she had all her fur, it'd be puffed up.]

[thescaronhisface]

It's kinda hard to take you seriously when you do that.

[Lopmon's clearly got at least something in common with his partner. But Kovu couldn't help it, that defiant look she was trying to give him was just too amusing. He even cracks a bit of a grin.]

[notmyprophecy]

[That cocky grin! Hollyleaf doesn't like it. She opens her mouth and tries a hiss which wow, Two-legs can't hiss either? That probably makes her even less intimidating.

Her face feels hot. She's blushing.]

[thescaronhisface]

...Probably gonna work better if you stop trying.

[notmyprophecy]

[Her ears flatten to her head and her tail thrashes...but Hollyleaf does seem more at ease than she did before.] I hate being a Two-leg. Why couldn't I just stay a cat?