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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. . .

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There's much about the world that's dark and painful, too.

But I suppose I'm simply not the foolishly optimistic or honest type.

Edited 2013-04-19 23:13 (UTC)

No, you're right. There's a lot of bad, terrible things that happen in the world. But if you let yourself focus on all of the bad, then it can overwhelm you and drive you crazy.

Besides, for every time something painful happens, there's always something good that happens after, right?

[. . . he definitely reminds her of someone. her mouth twitches]

. . . perhaps.

Definitely. That's why I'm going to save this world, my world, and any other world that I end up in in between! So that everyone can have a lot more good times!

It's difficult to save this world when we have no idea what's happening.

But the task may be easier if we all work together, right?

Definitely! Even if we don't all have a complete picture of what's happening, enough pieces from enough people will make a full image.

[nods]

Precisely. Most individuals I've spoken with seem more than eager to pool our resources.

Great! That makes getting everyone on the same page easier, and then once we're all working as a team there won't be any disaster too big for us to solve together!

[soooo optimistic]

Let's hope your optimism remains, then.

It will. It definitely will! No matter what, I won't stop believing in everyone. [If there's one thing he wants to make clear it's that.]

. . .

[takes a seat next to him]

Would you mind sharing a little bit about what you have learned? Even if it isn't about the Digital World, it does sound interesting.

...oh, sure! [Talk about magic? ALL DAY ERRYDAY please.]

So I've found out that they have their paranormal stories and stuff... it seems a lot like back home, with some minor differences. It's good storytelling, but I don't think there were actual demons or magic or anything in this world.

The information is a lot more accurate back home, since after Tokyo Reverse everyone wanted to learn all they could about the Reverse World.

Explain to me what Tokyo Reverse and the Reverse world are.

[those were terms she was definitely not familiar with]

Can do! [He pushes a book forward, with the title face-up.]

So, think of this book as our universe. And we all live on this world... but we're not alone. There's another world. [He flips the ~~ENTIRE UNIVERSE~~ book over] It's over here... that's the 'Reverse World,' and it's got all sorts of creatures and magic there that you don't see often in ours. I think it has another name, too, but I never asked Lucas what it was. The two didn't really deal with each other much... what with having such a big wall between them. [Flipping the book again.] We weren't even familiar with their existence for the longest time... until a little over thirty years ago, anyways. There was a giant black column of energy that erupted around all of Tokyo, and the entire city got 'flipped.'

That's Tokyo Reverse. Any questions?

The Reverse World. . .

[trailing off, interested and thoughtful]

What is the Reverse World like? Other than inhabited by magical creatures.

It's... it's really cool! I've been there before, actually, and I had to run all over it!

There's dinosaurs on fire, and there's a bunch of really powerful mages and psychics, and even dragons! Plus there's demons... elemental rulers... powerful elemental mages who have to watch over the Seals from our world and help regulate them, deserts, amazing warriors capable of grand feats of strength, and the magical city of Endymion which is just the coolest thing I've ever seen, ever! They have magic way beyond anything most people in our world can do, and their technology is also on par with ours too!

. . . dinosaurs on fire.

[deadpan]

Yep! I rode one one time.

How do you ride a dinosaur that's on fire?

Well, if it likes you then the flames aren't as hot... and then you just have to make yourself immune to heat. It was kinda tricky, but I figured it out.

Immune to heat. . . with a spell, I presume?

Yep! It was an easy one.