Just in Time for the Movies.

[terminalhelpers]

Characters: Everyone! (Only new arrivals are allowed in the Terminal Room)
When: Starting August 4th, 2013
Where: Terminal Room or all over town!
What: An open mingle log for everyone to play in!

Last month, there was no earthquake signalling new arrivals.

That's not a pattern; the ground quakes, the chutes in the Terminal Room activate, and Culumon trembles with excitement. There are so many lonely Digimon that had appeared recently and--finally-- their partners have arrived!

With Chosen disappearing every now and then, fresh faces will be very helpful.

OOC: Feel free to mark your characters in different locations! They can be just arriving in the Terminal Room you read about in the arrival post or anywhere on the map! Also feel free to mark the day for each thread. You can also request to play with Culumon, too! Have fun, guys!

Comments

Re: on the city streets

[jackoclubs]

Well, sticking together is probably a better idea than wandering off alone, considering our situation.

. . .

You should probably get someone to help you home, too.

[greatwork]

No, no, mortal peril, not actually damage. Like, a building falling on you, they respond to save you from the danger and stop the building from doing any harm.

As for your soul, sorry, but I can confirm anything I've tried to do here with a spiritual component has failed, so either we're soulless or someone rewrote the fucking laws of physics. Or both.

[jackoclubs]

[W. . . what. . .]

Define "things with spiritual components." You're talking-- er. Spell casting and magic, right?

[greatwork]

Alchemy, actually, do I look stupid enough to use magic?

[bigsoftie]

...you are right.

[What was he even thinking, attacking the ones who brought him here.]

Our only hope is to fight alongside our digimon.

[fuckinstoplights]

[The voice from outside makes him whip his head around again, staring, and looking very much as if he'd like to disappear into the wall.]

Who... who is that?

[Is that more people? Does he have to talk to more people? But the question -- that's safe. He knows the answer to that.]

Kagerou.

[And his head drops again, his voice muffled into his arms.]

I don't understand. What's happening? Why am I... why am I like this?

Re: on the city streets

[fuhrinkaed]

...oh. Yeah, I guess so.

[He looks down at his injuries.]

S-sorry to be such a bother.

[jackoclubs]

[Without hesitation]

Yes.

And where I come from, alchemy's a fake science, so "attempting things with spiritual components" would fail there, too. Doesn't mean anything about the presence of lack thereof of souls-- if such a thing even exists.

It just means alchemy doesn't work.

[greatwork]

Congratulations! Where you come from is absolutely retarded and your opinion doesn't actually matter. Call my study a fake science again and we'll start having real problems.

[bigsoftie]

[Way to screw things up, Impmon. Leatherhead looks to his digimon with a confused brow raise.

Ok, time to hash it out with this guy. He can't leave...can he? Oh well, at least he's talking.]

Impmon...he is my partner.

[He takes a seat across from Kagerou.]

I wish I knew what has happened to us. I did not start as...[Gestures to self.] this. But I think it has to do with keeping everyone safe.

[jackoclubs]

[. . . BRISTLING A BIT]

Idiot, I'm saying that to point out a flaw in your logic, not insult you. I can believe that it's a perfectly valid discipline of study wherever you come from the same way I can believe this stupid red bunny actually exists.

Hey. . .

But just like this rabbit doesn't exist in my Tokyo, alchemy isn't compatible with what we know about science and the physical world back where I come from. Just because it doesn't work here doesn't mean everyone's missing a soul. It just means it's just not compatible with how this world is structured.

[fuckinstoplights]

Part... ner?

[He peeks up again, at that word. It's familiar. It's... it's like Shadowmaru. A little.]

[And at least it's easier to speak to someone when he doesn't have to stare up at them. Even though he's still staring.]

How is this safer? I don't... have anything. No scanners, no weapons. I can't fly anymore.

[To make things worse -- he's different now. Different than the reason he exists. Different than Shadowmaru. It hurts. It hurts and it's terrifying.]

Re: on the city streets

[jackoclubs]

[He finally climbs to his feet, and offers Ed a hand to help him up as well]

C'mon. Can you stand?

[bigsoftie]

[It's hard, he knows it. He knows that fear and hurt so well. Normally he reacted violently to that hurt and fear so...seeing Kagerou go through it is both familiar and strange.]

Not just yourself, but everyone.

I think that is why we were given digimon...partners...I think.

[He rubs at his head.]

I have a hard time understanding as well.

[fuckinstoplights]

[He shakes his head, planting his face firmly back against his arms. If he doesn't have to see this, maybe it isn't real.]

I don't have a partner. They left me here. They just...

[He doesn't even know who "they" are. He probably doesn't even know how childish he sounds right now.]

[This is completely outside of his realm of experience. How does he even begin to handle this?]

... I want to go home. Please.

[greatwork]

Hence why I left "rewrote the laws of physics" as an option. Also, getting seriously sick of people babbling on about alchemy not existing.

[jackoclubs]

That option doesn't work either if that's how the physics of this-- uh, Digital World-- have always worked.

[He sighs and relaxes a bit]

How many people have you heard that from by now?

[greatwork]

Too fucking many.

Re: on the city streets

[fuhrinkaed]

Yeah, I think so... [Taking that hand and getting up..!]

Gh.

[robotfightclub]

[Oh yeah, about that.]

This place doesn't like to play by the rules when it comes to time. I don't blame you if you don't believe me right away, but yeah. It's been awhile.

[bigsoftie]

[No Kagerou, you don't sound childish right now. You sounds exactly how Leatherhead feels. If it weren't for the people around him, he'd be even more of a wreck.

This IS a lot for anyone to handle, let alone both of them.]

I guess that is why we were given a digimon...like the one outside.

[Leatherhead rubs at the back of his neck.]

There is no way to, not anyway I can tell.

[fuckinstoplights]

The one... outside? Yours?

[That monster thing he saw? That thing was scary. He doesn't want to see it again.]

[His shoulders hunch, and the grip around his own arms tightens.]

But. There has to be.

[orphism]

[Really? What luck! Truly a chance meeting indeed. DORUmon doesn't seem as pleased.]

Then we should have proper introductions, shouldn't we? I'm Minato Arisato.

[zerotosixty]

[Smokescreen wasn't expecting someone to just come up and elbow him like that. He also never realized just how much that sort of thing hurts a human because he winces, swaying to the side and rubbing his side a bit.

And then he blinks and stares.]

...Loser?

That's a rather rude way to greet someone.

[Yeah, a certain Hawkmon just doesn't look impressed. At all.]

[rustypistons]

...Just another mystery of this place to solve, if temporal distortions are at play. If there's a laboratory somewhere, or anywhere I can start doing any kind of research, maybe I could come up with a solution. [When it doubt, science it out.]