On adventure with the coolest creatures...

[beingthecreature]

Who: Chris and Martin Kratt
What: Making travel plans. Chris may have a surprise or two in store for Martin along the way
Where: Starting out at the Hospitown cafe
When: Mid-afternoon of the 4th

Chris headed to the cafe for a prearranged meeting with Martin, his two partners trailing far enough behind him that they weren't in the way of a yellow yo-yo he was working. It skimmed through the air and around his fingers with ease, bouncing along the ground every now and then and then getting popped back up into his palm. Nes was certainly enraptured, watching the toy's every motion as it zipped around, and when they reached the cafe and it was caught for the last time he was genuinely sad.

"Aww..." Not to be daunted for long though he perked up, squeezing through the door ahead of his Chosen and racing for the counter. Sylvia, left behind, blinked and glanced up; at the shared look between her and Chris, both chuckled.

"Alright, let's see if he's here already." Pocketing the yo-yo, Chris looked around as he walked further inside the cafe. "Shouldn't be too hard to find him. He's tall, blue-"

"-and there's not many here anyway."

Another soft laugh at the quip and he went back to his search.

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[beingthecreature]

Chris watched the progression of the sandwich, leaning back a little at the oozing, dripping, cacophony of yellows and browns that was Martin's sandwich. Taking a utensil from one of the wraps at the table he edged the point of the knife under the bread and lifted up, cringing back a bit at the ooze that connected filling and bread. He let it fall back into place and put the knife far away from him.

"Soooo, which are ours?" A pause and he looked to the side as Nes returned, carrying a platter of sandwiches to rival their table's own. Sliding into his own, he beamed at his partner and dove in. Chuckling weakly, Chris leaned back and then looked aside again. "Ahh, mine and Sylvia's, I guess."

[the_lion_roller]

Once his brother was done poking at his sandwich, Martin reached for it, the sandwich almost carrying the plate with it as it was peeled away. The elder Kratt took a goopy bite out of it without so much as a blink, too engrossed in messing with Chris's D-Terminal, albeit one-handedly now.

"Hmmm?"

He glanced up from the screen at the question, then swallowed his mouthful before chuckling a little.

"Oho, I got a salad for Sylvia if she wants. H'there's like 4 different kinds of lettuce in there, and it's chock-full of other veggies."

He fixed his brother with a look, a grin on his face that was a little too wide.

"Aha'and for my bro, h'I got your favorite. Chocolate spread, gooseberry jam...and rainbow sprinkles."

[beingthecreature]

Sylvia resurfaced upon hearing her name, giving Martin a thankful smile and then taking her bowl, using her ears to successfully maneuver back underneath the table without upturning anything.

Chris, meanwhile, was leaning on one hand, a flat look turned his brother's way. "Alright, because it looks like turkey."

[the_lion_roller]

Martin had an incredibly innocent look on his face, although it shifted to a mock-disappointed one.

"Aww, no, you're kidding? And I ordered it special..."

He then gave a winning grin, waving his own sandwich conversationally at Chris.

"H'it's turkey. With the works. H'they were out of rainbow sprinkles."

He chuckled a little, only to blink as Adele appeared from under the table, speaking in the kind of tone one might expect of a weary military general.

"Gonna need some napkins down here, Martin."

The blue-clad Kratt gave another laugh before passing over some napkins, as well as some moist towelettes for good measure. Adele paused to slip the fish from her sandwich out, gulping it down in a very penguin-like manner, before disappearing back under the table.

[beingthecreature]

Chris couldn't quite help leaning back when the gooey sandwich was waved in his general direction, and he watched an ooze of cheese go over the side and stretch all the way to the table with a sick sort of fascination. Looking up, he quirked an eyebrow and flashed a crooked grin, reaching over to the platter to pick up his sandwich.

"Yeah, I thought so." Then his smile brightened conversationally. "Thanks bro."

He chewed thoughtfully on the first bite, glancing toward where the D-Terminal was accepting the data; nearly completed, by this point.

[the_lion_roller]

He gave a nod, waving his hand at the thanks, his mouth a little too full of his sandwich for him to acknowledge it vocally.

There was a curious sidelong look at his D-Terminal, as if it would finish downloading faster if he kept looking at it, before he shrugged, swallowing his mouthful.

"So, how'd the terrain look? Think we can follow the river as we go?"

He knew Chris had been making notes of the nearby landscape, and the river close to town had seemed like a good thing to keep near too while they traveled. Steady source of water as well as a solid landmark towards their current base.

[beingthecreature]

Reaching across the table he snared his D-Terminal with two fingers and slid it over, eating with one hand and working the device with the other.

"It looks like it, yeah! The river goes on for a good distance before coming to what looks like a lake." As he spoke he started sifting through the pictures, using them to refresh his memory. "We didn't get near the lake yet but saw it in the distance. There seems to be... something just beyond it too, some wreckage of some kind."

He shrugged, taking a few moments to focus more on eating than talking. "It could be worth checking out, just as a curiosity."

[the_lion_roller]

"Hah'awesome!!"

He grinned excitedly.

"Yeah-heh, we should definitely check it out. Even just to see. Ah'and who knows? Might be a place somebody's been looking for? H'we can relay all the cool areas we come across to the other Chosen."

A recent post had put the thought in his head of them keeping a look out for unique or unusual landmarks as they explored. There could be places other people would recognize from their homeworlds or places they'd always wanted to visit. And even if they weren't, it'd still be neat to share their findings with the other people here.

[beingthecreature]

"When you've got a good idea, you've got a good idea! We may even find a couple places people have been looking for, or might recognize."

He watched Nes for a few moments, who had polished off his sandwiches and was now licking the platter clean. Rolling his eyes with a smile, Chris turned back to the table at hand when a small beeping sounded. Grinning, he brushed his hands to one side and disconnected the creature pod and the D-Terminal, placing the smaller one on top and sliding them over.

"There ya go! All transferred and ready for ya, Martin."

[the_lion_roller]

"H'you're thinkin' exactly what I'm thinkin', Bro."

He grinned widely, only for the beeping sound to catch his attention, his expression shifting gleefully as he gave a whoop of excitement and retrieved his creature pod and Terminal from his brother, pocketing the former and immediately scrolling through the latter.

"Oho, man, I've missed being able to access this footage!"

It'd certainly be nice to be able to reference it again when talking with other Chosen, especially those that weren't familiar with the creatures they were.

"Thanks again, Bro."

[beingthecreature]

"You're welcome! Now we've got a great base to build off of too, for taking images and video of any Digimon we encounter."

He continued scrolling through his own D-Terminal for a bit more and then closed it, putting it away.

"Speakin' of Digimon, how's that been going lately?"

[the_lion_roller]

Martin did a quick check through of the device, if only just to assure to himself that all the footage and images he recalled being there in his creature pod were now present in his Terminal before putting it aside, albeit still on the table.

...He kinda wanted to re-play some of his favorites later.

Glancing at Chris, he gave a grin.

"Great! Adele's in top form. So long as she keeps her energy intake up, she'll be fine."

He idly brought a hand up to rub the back of his neck in thought, still smiling.

"Nes has really thrown himself into it. He's almost able to go toe-to-toe with Adele even in strength and endurance, and he's catching up in pretty much everything else too."

Actually, he kinda had been meaning to talk with Chris about that, but it was hard to get a chance to since Nes was usually near his Chosen when not with Martin.

"And Cody is...well, he'll be fine."

He chuckled and gave an easy-going grin. Cody was clearly the youngest of the four and Martin couldn't help but be amused that the Bearmon's ability to focus on certain tasks was about as good as a young child's. He gave a confident grin.

"H'I think they're all more than ready for this creature adventure."

[beingthecreature]

Chris listened to the report, filing away all the information for later as Martin rattled it off. The note about Cody made him snicker a little, if only because it was pretty much what he expected. The bear was young and seemed young, but as long as he was suited for the trip then that was all that mattered.

"Great!" Feeling eyes on him he leaned back and looked under the table, finding Sylvia staring up at him with a smile. He returned it, then settled in his chair again. "Sylvia's been a big help, too! She's really gonna come in handy for advance scouting, without having to worry about Adele being a level up all the time."

He sat for a moment in thought, looking down at the remainder of his sandwich. Supplies are gathered, Digimon are training up well, maps are being made... Oh! Inhaling softly as the thought occurred to him, Chris glanced back up. "What d'you think of the idea of taking others with us? At least for some parts of it."

[the_lion_roller]

His grin widened at that, pumping a fist slightly against the table.

"Hah'awesome! H'that'll be a little easier on our supplies..."

Considering Digimon needed to eat and store a lot of energy to digivolve, it'd be much easier to keep food supplies with a Rookie level scout than a Champion level one. He blinked at a thought and leaned back in his chair, glancing underneath the table.

"H'no offense, Adele."

"None taken. Just take these."

A flipper handed up a wad of used napkins and towelettes. Martin pulled a face, even if he still looked a little amused, as he took them and placed them far aside on the edge of the table. With a small chuckle, he glanced back at Chris.

"It's funny you mention that. I kinda asked Donnie before he left the other day if he'd want to catch up with us some time while we're all traveling."

Actually, he'd outright offered, but details. It still didn't sit right with him that the teen had left to travel on his own, leaving his partners behind in Hospitown. ...Even if the teen was probably capable of taking care of himself. He gave a curious smile.

"Y'think some others here'd wanna come along?"

Company was always welcome so far as he was concerned.