The forming of a band, maybe there will be music.

[lilpoppa]

Who: Tetsushi, Medicine Seller and YOU
What: The start of a Journey and recruitment
Where: Out the broken city
When: New Year's Day.



Tetsushi was standing there on the edge of the city watching as the sun rises over the rubble of the place that he came to call home. He was just staring in shock at the remains of the city. He had not been here all that long, but he never thought he would see its destruction. He turned and looked at the others that had made it out and thought about all the people who must be lost right now.

"Well I know that most of you don't know me all that well, but I think with all the people heading out there is no real way that transportation can keep up. So I am heading out on my own to explore the surrounding areas. I don't know where I will end up or even where I am heading, but anyone is welcome to join me. I do have survival training so minus digimon I know what I am doing. I am sorry if this is too much for you all to deal with right now, but if you come to a better frame of mind and want to join up with me, send me a message and we will meet up."

Tetsushi looks over everyone and smiles.

"Well if you want to join me I will be in that building over there." Tetsushi points to a run down and broken building.

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[ruffntumblenut]

Exploring by foot sounded good. Being cramped in a train car was not Ruffnut's preferred mode of transportation.

But unfortunately they didn't have any willing flying dragons.

So she gathered up her meager possessions and made her way to the building.

"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Chuumon wondered from his usual perch on her shoulder. "We don't even know this guy!"

Ruff shrugged "Then I won't feel as bad if we ditch him when things get boring."

Peeking through the entrance carefully a scrawny viking girl arrived to answer his call.

[lilpoppa]

Tetsushi was using a hunk of rumble as an improvised table where he had a crudely drawn map set out. He was leaning over it with a pencil in hand trying to write in places that he knew about when he finally looked over and saw her peeking in.

"Hi there." He walked up to her and offered he his hand. "I am Tetsushi and I am assuming that you are interested in joining my little adventuring party."

[ruffntumblenut]

She gave a curt nod "Yeah, Ruffnut...this is Chuumon." She jerked a thumb at her partner and came into the room to shake his hand. For a scrawny girl it was a surprisingly firm grip.

"Think we'll see some action at this party?" She asked hopefully.

[lilpoppa]

Tetsushi was shaking his hand after the introduction. His grip could be describe as barely able to crush a grape and her's left his hand sore.

"Well we should see some action. I mean we are kinda just going to wander around aimlessly. I just hope what ever we run into won't be something we can't handle."

"Well whatever we run into I'll take care of." Patamon came rushing into the room dragging a bag behind him. "I mean I haven't been in any fight, but I'll give it my best"

[ruffntumblenut]

Ruffnut looked...unconvinced. After all Patamon was not the most impressive looking of Digital Monsters. He was only slightly more impressive then Chuumon and that was mostly due to the fact that Patamon could fly.

"Anyone else coming?" She glanced around as if expecting big manly vikings to come bursting through the walls like it was a surprise party and they just hadn't gotten around to showing up yet.

[lilpoppa]

"I think other people will be join us, but you are the first thus far." Tetsushi started to scratch his head as he tended to do when he was nervous.

"Well you see I am rather new to this world and haven't made many friends since I've been here. So I don't know if many people are going to take me up on my offer." He looked around the empty room, it kinda spoke for it self on whether many people are going to show up.

"I'll understand if no one shows up and you want to find another group to go with." Tetsushi was looking down at the ground as he spoke.

[ruffntumblenut]

Well that was promising.

"There aren't really any other groups being set up." She pointed out "Everyone's either with their groups already or traveling on their own." And as much as Ruffnut didn't mind traveling with just chuumon, it wasn't the same as exploring with Tuffnut.

"I'm new here too." She added.

[lilpoppa]

"Oh, I see then. Well we should be heading out after a few hours. That way it gives people enough time to decide if they want to go with us or not."

Tetsushi looked up at her and smiled

"Well I'm glad to have you on board."

"Me too"

[ruffntumblenut]

"Yeah thanks." Ruffnut still wasn't entirely sold on the idea but at least this was progress. Hopefully the hours would pass by quickly as her attention span wouldn't hold for long.

"Do you like...fight at all?" He didn't look like much, but then again neither did Hiccup and he'd surprised her time and time again.

[lilpoppa]

Tetsushi smiled and puff up his chest.

"Well back home I was a demon slayer for lack of a better words to describe it, well I guess I could of been called a monster cop as well. So yes I do fight. I was rather good, one of the best if I do say so myself, At least I was until I died."

He looked down to the ground and thought about his death which sent a visible shiver do his spine. He then looked back up at her and smiled again.

"Well I can still fight but I had to change my style a bit, you know with the new body and all."

[ruffntumblenut]

That was alot for Ruffnut to take in. She was not the most observational of people on even her best days so she decided to focus on the last part.

"New body? What so...you died and this is how you look now?" that's the best she could manage given her imagination.

[lilpoppa]

"Yeah I used to be a lot bigger. I was kinda like Roze in size. I was built. I mean I used to be a real muscle man and now nothing, I'm this little guy."

Tetsushi looked down at his self and tugged at his shirt.

"I guess when you die and come back you have to take what they give ya."

[ruffntumblenut]

"A rose?" Ruffnut looked puzzled, having not yet been introduced to one of the most popular and well known chosen in the former city of Terminal.

"Where I come from when you die, if you're a good viking you go to a place where all you do is feast and fight and party all the time...I think you keep the body you have though." She was a little unclear on the details. She just liked the part about fighting and feasting.

[lilpoppa]

"Roze is the name of my daughter. She is a strong independent young women, who I'm very proud of even if she doesn't really know it."

Tetsushi stoped and looked to the ground. He kicked up a little dirt with his right foot as he thought about how he more than likely over shared there a bit.

"Well your after life sound rather good. All I can remember about the place between my world and the next was the cold emptiness I felt there, as if I was left in a pitch black hole crawling with all my strength to get to back to the world I knew. It something I wish that no one ever has to endure."

[ruffntumblenut]

This guy had a way of talking about him that seemed strange to Ruffnut...then again most things around here felt strange.

And the more he talked about that world the worse it got. She shivered despite having a much higher tolerance for cold.

"That uh...sounds pretty dull." She remarked as nicely as she could which...clearly wasn't very nice.

"Boring and empty." She added as if explaining herself would make it better.

Yep, sure am late at tagging things again.

[blatantlies]

Given how his last trip on a train had turned out, walking seemed a far better option to the Medicine Seller. It had been his primary mode of travel for ages - literally so - and would certainly suffice here for the time being.

Normally he's a solitary being. However, given just how close to human he happens to be in this place, and how untested in combat his partner is...

"Perhaps we should travel in a group."

"We should! That guy seems like he knows a good adventure when he sees one," the Elecmon at his side chirps.

"Then we agree."

It takes mere moments for them to reach the building, and fewer still to locate Tetsushi.

"Hey. How's it going?"

Re: Yep, sure am late at tagging things again.

[lilpoppa]

"It's going well and how are you doing?" Tetsushi leaned down and offered his hand to Elecmon without a second thought. He didn't even consider whether Elcemon could shake his hand.

"Well I don't think we have met, The name is Tetsushi. It's a pleasure to meet you." Tetsushi smiled and pointed to the small flying digimon next to him. "This is Patamon."

"Hello, Nice to meet ya." Patamon landed infornt of Elcemon and offered his wing to shake trying to mimicking Tetsushi.