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Who: The city!
What: Beemon Invasion
When: 24-26 of April 2013
Where: All over Terminal Tokyo

Just as Ryou predicted it was only several hours later that the first wave of Beemon made their appearance. None of the various types of Beemon seem to even blink if they're attacked. Their first and only objective seems to be to lay ruin to the city and everything in it. At first any attacks will be ignored, but if someone proceeds to continue and attack them the Beemon will attack.

They're difficult to beat, regardless of level. The FanBeemon may need two people working together even at Champion level. Each Digimon are much more difficult to defeat solo than they would be normally. One thing should easily be certain before the first night is out-- if you want the city to survive then you're going to need to work together.]

[[OOC:
So here's how this will work guys-- unless you need a Digimon for various reasons: playing out the first Digivolution, Dark Digivolutions, or a general battle they will be played by you. You may request a modded NPC as per usual, but depending on the number/duties you may be turned down (we'll do our best, though). Keep in mind your character will <b>not</b> have an easy win on their own and that humans will be virtually ineffective. Your character may get a few good whacks in on a rookie level Beemon, but that won't be so effective later.

NPC Chosen will also be out and around the areas to help you as needed, so you can tag them!

There's all sorts of Beemon to fight so pick and choose: FanBeemon, Flybeemon, HoneyBeemon, JewelBeemon, CannonBeemon, and DinoBeemon specifically will be most noticeable.

Remember to mark your subject titles with date, time, and even type of Beemon!]]

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[As far as Forte was concerned, that right there was only more confirmation that this entire system was messed up. He whips his hand out in front of him instinctively as Tailmon leaps at him, only to remember that he no longer has a buster cannon. Left without enough time to roll out of the way, he swears under his breath and curls up, shielding himself with his arms instead.

DexDorugamon roars as Lucemon's attack pummels into it - that definitely hurt, but is nowhere near enough to take the larger Digimon down. It begins to charge another cannonball attack when Cam calls out, catching its eye.

All it takes is a tilt of its head to the side to fire that cannonball at Cam instead of Lucemon.]

[Okay, great! He's got its attention! Well now what. He puts on the speed, swerving to the right to avoid the cannonball. This is such a small space to actually be skating in, and he's never avoided projectiles, but he keeps imagining he's doing runs, and so he turns abruptly after dodging, in a zig-zag to confuse DexDorugamon.]

Campbell! [Lucemon, frankly, is horrified. She's supposed to be protecting him. This is not in the plan.]

Protect that guy! [Cam doesn't quite know who he's talking to, but Tailmon's attack caught his eye. Someone, anyone. They're not supposed to fight each other. He at least knows that.]

[Shepard is actively trying to push herself out of Strikedramon's tight grip, and elbows him hard in the chest.]

Let me go, you can't make me sit this out, those are kids!!

[Strikedramon growls and winces, then takes a big step back.]

Cam!!

[Strikedramon growls again.]

Hold still!!

Monster, listen to your human!

[Tailmon curls its claws to deliver a Cat Punch to Forte's shielding arms.]

[Forte's jacket is fairly sturdy leather, but it's still not exactly meant to be armor and Tailmon's claws easily slice through the sleeves. He bites back a cry of pain as they draw several gashes down his arms, digging his teeth into his lip, but his eyes stay open - he's watching for an opening in Tailmon's attack, and the moment he sees one he's going to roll to the side and deliver the hardest kick he can muster.]

All of you damn monsters can go to hell! Nnngh...

[After that, however, he won't be able to move much, prone on the ground trying to grip the worse of his arms to keep it from bleeding too much.

DexDorugamon, meanwhile, does indeed seem to be having some trouble following Cam's zigzags. It stomps after him, and when it misses with a claw swipe, it lets out a frustrated screech.

Followed by turning and whipping its tail in his general direction, the live wires at its tip crackling with electricity.]

[The Digimon's huge, so its tail is also huge. There is absolutely no way that Cam can dodge that in time, not with the electricity ready to shock him even if he ducks. It's coming, oncoming, fast, and yet he doesn't slow. He tries to outrun it, though he knows it's futile, because at that moment, one thought resounds through his head, a rather revolutionary one, for him:

I don't want to die.]

CAMPBELL!!!

[Lucemon charges towards him, wings moving fast, fast, but not fast enough, not--]

LUCEMON DIGIVOLE TO...SEASARMON!

[Cam's pretty sure he's dead. ...Again. He's pretty sure this is it, until something golden and white leaps over the oncoming tail and snatches him in its mouth, flips him on to its back, and keeps running, all in one fluid motion.

And this can outrun the tail.

On instinct, Cam clings to the creature's-- fur? Around its neck are what appear to be multiple spikes, but they aren't sharp, just firm. He's sure it can feel him tremble. He's very sure. He's also very sure it, like he, felt the electric waves behind them, just as DexDorugamon's tail passes them, just barely a dodge.]

Tiida Ija! [He starts. It's Lucemon's voice coming out of that thing's mouth, slightly lower, but still hers. From around the Digimon, light begins to appear, and Cam ducks lower, but not low enough to miss the sight of it: arrows, arrows of pure light, forming and firing at DexDorugamon...continuously.]

[Shepard feels her heart stop. This is too much, there shouldn't be friendly fire and Cam shouldn't be using himself as bait and she's watching a giant monster go after people she cares about while she can do nothing for the second time in her life.]

[For a moment, barely a breath, she can smell overheated thermal clips and sweat. Her hearing fades out and she recalls the moment with perfect clarity. Phantom pain shoots up her leg and she's watching the thresher maw rise up from the sand, she can hear the screaming and the crunch of lives ending and she can do nothing on a broken leg, she's trapped and she'll be next and her friends are dying right in front of her--]

[Seasarmon pulls Cam out of the way of harm's way and Shepard's vision focuses again.]

Take it down, Seasarmon!!!

[Shepard takes in a shaky breath, and steadies herself.]

Give 'em hell!!

Fine, if brute force won't work... Cat's Eye Hypnotism!

[Tailmon's eyes began to emit a strange wave as she jumped into the air again, this time trying to make eye contact with Forte. Her goal, of course, was to make him hold still so she could kill his Digivice or just gut him.]

[Forte makes the mistake of looking up as Tailmon calls out her attack, and immediately mentally smacks himself for it. It's not like he can move much anyway, but the hypnotism does a fine job of making it a definite thing, his muscles seizing up as its effect takes hold.

He fights it with every ounce of his willpower. If there's one thing he hates (that isn't named Megaman), it's being controlled - but his efforts are like pounding on a steel door, what with how emotionally exhausted he already is. He grits his teeth as he realizes this, but refuses to give up fighting back anyway. Tailmon can hold him still, but it might be some effort to keep the effect up.

The blindingly bright arrows are enough to stop DexDorugamon in its tracks as they hammer into it. The corrupt Digimon screeches in genuine pain this time, smoke rising from its body and sparks crackling along its form. There's clear damage to some of its cybernetic parts now, but it seems just as stubborn as Forte is, forcing itself to take another step forward and prepare to fire another cannonball or two at Seasarmon even as the light arrows are still raining down. The charge-up time is much longer now though - grinding, whirring, and sparking around its jaw betray a malfunction in its ability to fire properly.

The first attack flies wide, completely off-target. It takes a hit to the wings, an arrow blowing a hole straight through one of them to reveal a mess of metal and wire and what might at one point have been flesh. Another frenzied roar fills the air, and it readies another blast.]

[Cam can't focus on anything except the metallic dinosaur in front of them, digging his legs more into Seasarmon's side so he doesn't fall off her.

Seems Seasarmon has the same idea.] Hold on tight. [She crouches low and leaps, using that as her way of running to avoid the oncoming cannonball. She tries going in a circle around DexDorugamon, in order to confuse him.

Near her ear, Cam murmurs, watching DexDorugamon as she splits her attention between running and fighting.] Don't let up.

[She nods best she can.] Holy Cannon! [Similar to the arrows of light but with only one blast this time, Seasarmon turns her head and fires a high-speed light blast from her mouth, aiming at DexDorugamon's open maw.]

[At this point, Shepard feels like a spectator, watching the battle and barely breathing from Strikedramon's arms.]

Come on--!!

[She digs her nails into Strikedramon's arm as Seasarmon's attack rushes at the enemy.]

[Forte's resistance makes Tailmon struggle. She lands and keeps eye contact with him to keep the hypnotism applied; all of her effort is going to keeping him restrained, leaving her unable to attack. It seems they're at an impasse until one side gives or gets help.

Fortunately, that's what Alex is here for.]

Will one of you bloody idiotic assholes listen to me or do you all want to die?!

[There's a massive explosion as the Holy Cannon collides with the energy DexDorugamon was gathering in its maw. It gives a metallic scream and collapses to the ground, most of the armor on its head blown away.

It's still moving, though. A low, pained growl starts as it twitches and tries to get back up, only to slump down again. The only reason it's still not reverting is because Forte, not understanding the way he's affecting his Digimon, is pouring so much sheer willpower into their link and his furious upset with the entire situation.

DexDorugamon's eyes glow red, filling with more frenzy than ever. Its wounds spark and crackle again, and it no longer tries to get up, but it does open its mouth - if it fires like this, it may blow up the entire area. The energy buildup is incredibly slow this time, but it would rather take everything around it out in a blaze of glory than do nothing.]

GOD DAMMIT! TAKE SOME FREAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF!

[the words come just before a new figure enters the fray... a brown-haired young man who just charges right out, towards Forte, and... slugging the former robot across the face, before grabbing to pull the digivice out of his hands]

Your partner is rampaging because of you! You think you can just let that happen?! WHAT KIND OF PARTNER ARE YOU?!

[Seasarmon is going to tell Cam that from the looks of that attack, firing at its mouth again will not go well. She's going to tell him that they need to find another strategy-- but this is before Masaru shows up.

At his sudden arrival, both Digimon and Chosen turn their attention to him.]

H-huh, what's...?

[He doesn't have much time to think because Seasarmon's body shakes.] Campbell, I'm going to attack again. [As not to surprise him. Right, right, more attacks, at least keep it busy, right. Cam pats her side, his way of saying he understands.] Energy Ray! [It's smaller than the Holy Cannon, but she darts around DexDorugamon, firing off small energy blasts.]

[You know, this is a pretty serious situation, and Shepard is very good in serious situations. But when a teenager comes out of nowhere and punches a giant robotic monster in the face?]

[Yeah, she just stares.]

[Alexandria is similarly confused, but at least someone is doing what she had said, even if that person wasn't even around to hear her.

Of course, this breaks Tailmon's concentration, but what she needed was done anyway, so she falls back to try to pull the wall off of Alex's arm.]

[Forte doesn't register Masaru until he's already reeling from the blow. Then the pressure on his mind is gone and he's staring in shock as this guy is shouting at him in words he doesn't quite process right away.

The pain and the words hit at about the same time a few seconds later, and his face twists back into anger. He doesn't even realize that Masaru has grabbed his Digivice, he just shouts back.]

The... the hell do you mean because of ME!? I didn't DO anything; he just went crazy! And don't you DARE talk to me about PARTNERS! I NEVER ASKED TO HAVE MINE REPLACED BY THIS THING!!

[Meanwhile, Seasarmon's attacks are doing a good job of delaying DexDorugamon's last-ditch blast. It tries to swipe at her with its claws as she passes, but it's in no condition or position to get in a good hit.]

[Masaru sneered, and lunged forward, swinging a fist at Forte's face again]

DON'T YOU GET IT?! THEY GET THEIR POWER FROM US! OUR FEELINGS! OUR EMOTIONS!

YOU TURNED YOUR PARTNER INTO THIS!

Edited 2013-05-09 13:45 (UTC)

[Forte normally would've been able to dodge an attack like that easily, but now, wounded, bleeding, and upset, it was all he could do to twist awkwardly to the side. The second punch glanced hard off his other cheekbone, but didn't seem to deter him any more than the first one had. He clenched his fists again, stumbling back to his feet - if he weren't so beat up Masaru would be getting an answering punch right back. As it was, it was clear Forte could barely stand, despite his efforts to look like he could still fight.]

WHY SHOULD I FUCKING CARE?! I can't FIGHT anymore, and these monsters are USELESS! DOESN'T THIS WHOLE STUPID THING JUST PROVE THAT!? I'm... I'm the STRONGEST, understand?!

[He's half rambling, and the end of that last statement dissolves into a coughing fit. All the yelling really isn't helping his aching chest.]

THE STRONGEST?!

[Masaru snarled and grabbed at Forte's shirt collar, pulling him closer so they were face-to-face]

THERE IS NOTHING STRONG ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING! Strength is admitting when you've made a mistake! Strength is having the courage to keep going and improve!

[there was a look in Masaru's eyes that went beyond anger]

I've been there! I forced my partner to evolve in anger! I turned him into something uncontrollable and twisted, and I nearly lost him forever because of it! I WAS DAMN LUCKY I HAD A SECOND CHANCE, AND NOW YOU... YOUR PARTNER IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF YOUR SELFISHNESS!

The fact that this is even happening, and you won't even admit it's your fault?!

PROVES JUST HOW WEAK YOU ARE!

[Forte doesn't even get the chance to open his mouth again before the words hit him like a sledgehammer. Masaru says "partner," and for the second time that day, it isn't Tsukaimon that Forte sees, but Gospel.

He'd never forgive himself if he let something like this happen to Gospel. He'd convinced himself so thoroughly that Tsukaimon was this world's pathetic attempt to replace his real partner, a fraud, a phony, a cheap knock-off. The worst insult to the only robot he truly considered his brother and friend that he could imagine. But for an instant, those words let doubt into his mind, and it sent cracks running all through that conviction he'd forged in his anger...

Being called weak like that shattered it.

He choked, almost falling over as his legs refused to work quite right, and grabbed at Masaru's wrists.]

I-I didn't... I'm not...

[But the look on his face is enough to see that it's hit home. Forte's digivice hums, the sickening purple energy around it slowly dissipating as it's replaced by a softer teal. Behind him, DexDorugamon screams in pain as the last of Seasarmon's attacks hits, and the sound causes Forte to flinch.

The Digimon begins to glow, the dark energy leaving it, and shrink.]

[As DexDorugamon shrinks, Seasarmon stops attacking, abrupt. She stops running too...and Cam all but collapses against her neck, with a sigh of relief. He rubs her side and closes his eyes; yes, there's still an attack going on, but this is one crisis averted.]

Thank goodness...

Campbell. [Seasarmon shifts and he opens his eyes.] ...You can stay there. [As she walks back over to Strikedramon, Cam doesn't say how grateful he is; he's pretty sure his legs have given out, anyway.]

[While Forte and Masaru had their feelings punch-out, Tailmon had succeeded in getting the wall trapping Alexandria's arm off, showing a rather nasty wound, and a thick steel wire going clear through her arm. She grimaced as she looked at it, though fortunately, the wire still being in the arm was stopping the bleeding.]

I do hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you all do remember that this arsemuncher wasn't actually the problem in the first place, right? We've still got a swarm of demon killer bees around, and the only one of us in any condition to get to the shelters is the punchy bloke.

On that note, someone give me your shirt.

Edited 2013-05-11 05:10 (UTC)

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