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[genreawareness]

Who: Kyouko Kirigiri, OPEN
What: Snooping through some books
When: 4/16
Where: A library

[After the hustle and bustle of the Damemon parade, it was no surprise that Kyouko felt like she needed a little time to herself.]

[One of the other Digimon had mentioned the existence of a library over the D-Terimnal network a few days ago, and although Kyouko had located it and flipped through a few of its books, she certainly hadn't finished her search for answers through the various texts. Most of the books were useless. . . cookbooks, fictional novels, text books, things that she could easily find back in her own world, and none of them explained anything about the Digital World, its inhabitants, or what strange force may have brought the Chosen Children to Terminal Tokyo in such large numbers. Still. . . after nearly a week and a half in the Digital World, she couldn't give up.]

[As such, on this particular afternoon, Kyouko was seated in a chair in the corner of the library, a stack of books piled on the ground next to her, one propped open in her lap. She was reading quietly, while Labramon, coiled with pent up energy, paced next to her chair.]

Kyoukooooo can we go do something else? I'm soooooooo bored. . .! I want to go adventuring! We still haven't been outside the city!

Patience is a virtue, Labramon. [The girl answered without looking up from her book.]

[With a frustrated sigh, Labramon flopped onto the ground next to the book pile, crossed her paws in front of her, and rested her muzzle on top of them.]

Soooooo boooooored. . .

Comments

[scratchitti]

[Neku had observed Terriermon's conversation with the violet-haired girl earlier, and seeing her in the library that he had wandered into out of curiosity perked his attention.]

...find anything worthwhile?

[After that earlier post he quickly assumed she was researching, not reading for the fun of it]

[genreawareness]

[Her gaze flickers up from the book she's reading, and she shakes her head]

Some casual reading for whenever I may get bored, but otherwise, no.

[scratchitti]

Not surprised. Can't be that lucky. Half the digimon don't even have thumbs, I doubt they'd write many books.

[genreawareness]

[flips a page in her book, frowning]

It's unfortunate that they don't. I've already found they have plenty to say, whether you want to hear it or not.

[Labramon lifted her head, her nose twitching]

Heeeeey, what's that supposed to mean?

[scratchitti]

[He moves closer, kneeling near Labramon and making a vague 'can I pet you?' gesture. What, he likes dogs okay?]

I've heard a few mention bigger and older digimon, but I haven't really seen many outside those like that ice cream one at the parade. If they have history it's not here.

[genreawareness]

[Labramon's tail thumps against the ground as she tilts her head towards Neku's hand. Dogs like pettings!1]

I've heard them talk about these Digimon as well, along with a lot about the mythology of this world. It's very strange that none of it is written down. . .

Though I do wonder if there are other cities in the Digital World like this one. Perhaps we'd have more luck there.

[scratchitti]

[Ear scratches!!]

It's worth checking out. I'm not too eager to go running out there with just a bunny and my fists though.

[genreawareness]

[Labramon tilts her head into those ear scratches, looking very pleased with the attention]

It might not be a good idea to go out alone, no. Though the Digimon are meant to fight, so perhaps they can hold their own in the face of trouble.

[scratchitti]

Maybe. But I don't want to get Terriermon hurt if I don't have to. Especially if I can't back her up.

...might not have a choice, eventually.

[genreawareness]

[She blinks, and gently closes the book she was reading]

Are you a fighter?

[fuhrinkaed]

Huh? [The voice came from around a corner... and was accompanied shortly thereafter by Guilmon walking around it.]

Oh. It's you guys! Finally, someone to talk to! Ed's been busy looking at books all day and I'm so booored.

[genreawareness]

[Labramon lifted her head at the voice, ears perking forward, a smile curling up the corners of her lips]

Oh! Finally! Someone else to talk to! Kyouko has been reading for hours and I'm so tired of it! Are you having the same problem with your partner?

[Kyouko, in the meantime, is ignoring both Digimon to continue reading]

[fuhrinkaed]

He's been reading since this morning! And when he's done he's been putting the books down next to him in a stack.

I think he's trying to make a book fort but he wouldn't let me help with that! Humans are weird.

[genreawareness]

[Labramon wrinkles her nose, before she nods sagely]

I find that I don't get them either. . . especially Kyouko. She's very odd!

[With a sigh, the girl snaps her book shut and climbs to her feet, tucking said book underneath her arm as she leaves the two Digimon be and begins her search for Guilmon's partner]

Ed-kun? Are you in here?

[fuhrinkaed]

Really? I bet Ed's more odd! I never saw anyone smile so much before! Definitely weird.

[Finding him isn't hard... he's sitting on the floor in the middle of a pile of books. They're stacked almost as high as he's sitting (which isn't very high), but only on one side of him. He looks up as he hears the voice.]

Kirigiri? Hey! I didn't expect to see you here.

[genreawareness]

[Labramon continues her chatter about why humans are the weirdest species as Kyouko locates Ed. Her gaze flickers from the stack of books, then to the person sitting next to them, mouth twitching]

And I didn't expect to see you here. Are you attempting to do research too?

[fuhrinkaed]

Yeah. I wanted to see if I could figure anything else out about what was going on here or about the world itself before I started training with Guilmon. I-It's nothing major, though. I'm just interested in helping everyone and maybe preparing a simple summary of what we find here for people who aren't able to read Japanese.

Actually, I've also been trying to figure out why everything here is in Japanese too. Haven't found anything yet.

[genreawareness]

[Hm. . .]

It sounds like we're on the same wavelength. The Digimon mentioned much about this world's mythology and history, but so far I haven't seen any of that mythology or history written down.

I haven't found anything useful, either.

[fuhrinkaed]

...hey, you don't think this library isn't originally from the digital world, do you?

I mean, you remember that note from before. If there's nothing about the digimon here, it might be part of Tokyo.

[genreawareness]

That was one of my hypotheses. It would explain why none of the books talk about the Digital World.

[recollection]

[Namine herself had caught wind of a library in the city as well, and after the hustle and bustle of the festival, she needed some place quiet. Neither her or Lunamon were used to parties that loud or busy.

So the duo headed to the library, Namine intent on getting some answers. She never read that much back at home, having been banned from most of the rooms that were filled with books, so at least here she could learn something, whether it was about the world or not.

Lunamon's helping out too, but while she's scanning the aisles she catches sight of Kyouko, and the little rabbit approaches, Namine following behind.]

You're the one who was asking about Digimon... r-right?

[genreawareness]

[Kyouko lifts her head, and Labramon shifts besides her, tail wagging]

That's right. And you're the Lunamon I spoke with?

[recollection]

[Naminé tilts her head, vaguely recognizing that voice but being intrigued by Labramon. Lunamon, however, smiles and nods.]


D-did you find the answers you were looking for?

[genreawareness]

Unfortunately, no.

[she lets out a sigh and flips another page]

These books are all normal books, and none of them say anything about the Digital World.

[recollection]

You've been looking for information?

[This definitely piques her interest. She comes closer, keeping an eye on Labramon. She looks like a harmless Digimon, but you can never tell.]

Nothing on it's history?