Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin
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				Title: <strong>Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil Tanner</strong> on <strong>13-06-2016, 12:03:16</strong>
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				<div align="center">This is the Main Story IC thread for Digimon: Digital Champions. Only Approved Players may post here. If you wish to join, please see our Recruitment Thread here (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250716.0) to see what vacancies we currently have that we wish filled.<br><br>The new Digi-Destined, after experiencing a blinding light and then unconsciousness, wake up in a strange new alien world; surrounded by terrain that they don't recognise, with odd rustling in the bushes, strange birdsong in the trees and maybe even a mysteriously large, oddly shaped shadow flitting across the sky every now and then, this land is evidently not where they started. They wake up dazed and confused, on their own, and are unaware that they are about to receive some strange new visitors.<br><br>The Digi-Destined have all been spat out in a circular area in what is colloquially known as "Paradise Basin," on account of its wide range of ecological systems and geography that make at least some part of it the perfect home for most types of Digimon. In the east lies Crystal Lake, a large sparkling freshwater lake, teeming with Digi-life that extends East as far as the eye can see, being fed on the other side by a large waterfall which is itself fed by a wide raging river that runs across the continent directly from the sea. The lake itself has several hundred streams, tributaries and smaller rivers running off of it into the surrounding area, and is the main source of water - both directly and indirectly - in Paradise Basin. The Deepwood - a large, thick forest of all different types of trees and vegitation, along with more than a few cave systems - stretches from the southern bank of the lake and extends both south from the lake, and south-west across the edge of the central area, then breaks into the hilly, vast Central plains, which roll across the landscape until they reach close to the eastern horizon; there The Central Plains turn into Hawkmon-Eye Heights, a large collection of rocky plateaus and cliffs, which then fall into flat unnamed plainland that runs to the North-eastern shore of Crystal Lake. <br><br>Dotted throughout this terrain are other small woods and rivers and lakes, other areas of flat clear ground, etc etc - basic mixed up geography - and maybe half a dozen small Digimon villages in various locations, and Paradise Basin is itself surrounded on all sides by several chains of mountains, with only a few main exits and perhaps a hundred or so small goat tracks, sheltering it from most extreme weather. In the centre of this circular area is a massive structure of cliff and stone called "The Skyrock," which can be seen for miles around as it extends - seemingly - up to the Stratosphere. The Skyrock sits on a medium-sized central island surrounded by a wide moat-like isolated ring of water with four bridges leading off of it at the north, south, east and west positions, though only one of these bridges is still completely intact, the others having fallen into disrepair. The southern bridge in particular is practically a ruin, only <em>just</em> usable if you're careful. Th central island has several moss-covered mounds of rubble and rocks, and what look to be the remains of an ancient town or city. No vegetation except moss and ivy grow on the island - no grass, no trees, no flowers, nothing - and no Digimon or animal life seem to inhabit the central island. The Skyrock is in the very centre of the middle island.<br><br>The Digi-Destined have all been "spat out" in a circular area in one of these locals, and must first find each other if they hope to survive their Digital Journey to return home...<br><br><hr><br><strong>Approved Players:</strong><br><br>Vergil Tanner [GM]<br>Amarlo<br>Vergil1989<br>Lynnie<br>Kiric Rand<br>pendarious<br>Galnius<br>Josh Arcanum<br><br><hr><br><strong>Other Links:</strong><br><br>OOC Chatterbox (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250781.0)<br><br>Character And Plot Discussion (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250782.0)<br><br>Approved Characters (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.0)</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil Tanner</strong> on <strong>13-06-2016, 13:15:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://data.whicdn.com/images/17088347/large.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Elias Wright<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Deepwood<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>Elias groaned softly as he regained consciousness, his head pounding a little and his joints aching as if he'd just fallen from a great height, or moved particularly quickly without preparation, his mind still in a slight daze. Sound was the first thing to return to him, the sound of the wind whispering through the trees, rustling grass and leaves as it passed, small animals pattering through the undergrowth and birds chirping in the air...that would have been all well and good, except...it confused him a little. The birds he heard were not ones he recognised, and it forced a small frown to settle across his face. No crows or pigeons or bluejays or even owls, no, these sounds were alien to him...yes, he was hardly a bird connoisseur and he didn't go around committing birdsongs to memory - he wasn't quite that sad and lonely - but still...if you lived in an area long enough, you tended to pick up the ability to recognise regular local sounds, right? And that included the usual ambient sounds of your favourite places, so...evidently somebody had brought some extra birds to the park or something, right? The problem was, something else was bothering him, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it...he concentrated for a moment, as much as he could with his headache, and after a moments thought managed to pinpoint it.<br><br>He couldn't hear any cars, or any other people around him; it was animal sounds and the wind, and that was it....further, there were trees in the park, but surely not enough to make as many rustling sounds as he's hearing right at that moment, right? Surely there shouldn't be nearly so many leaves to blow in the breeze when there're only one or two trees around and, being the middle of winter...shouldn't there be no leaves at all? That thought filled him with a spike of alarm. What was going on? He forced his eyes to open, wincing at the sudden blinding light that pierce his skull and forced a pained hiss from him as he turned his head away...to stare straight at a towering collection of trees that he'd never seen before. His eyes widened a little and he sat up immediately, headache and joint pain forgotten as he stared in shock around him; he was surrounded on all sides by towering green trees, more akin to oak than to the slender redwoods at their local park...he looked up, and had to blink more than a few times; the overhead canopy was one more akin to a jungle or forest than to any of the terrain in his "hometown," and as he watched, several smaller, unfamiliar birds and insects zipped across from one side of the Canopy to the other, across the overgrown and knotted-by-roots-and-vines clearing he currently occupied. He hated to admit it, but there was only really one way to put it; he wasn't in the park any more.<br><br>Could he be dreaming? Possibly, but...well, he'd never had a lucid dream before, and didn't you usually think that it was all perfectly normal until something weird happened and you realised that it was a dream? He idly pinched himself just in case...no. Wasn't that supposed to wake you up? Well, it didn't work. He pinched himself harder. No. Nothing. Either that didn't work...or he wasn't dreaming. An unfamiliar feeling settled into the pit of his stomach; fear. No, not fear...<em>terror.</em> He was in an alien place, surrounded by unfamiliar vegetation and animals, he had no way out - presumably - and he had no idea where to go....and he was alone. This was terrifying. He hadn't been properly alone in two years, and even before then, he had never really managed such isolation very well...he swallowed. What was the last thing he remembered? He concentrated, struggling to recall....there was....a light, right? A blinding light, and then he woke up...so, whatever that light was...must have knocked him unconscious, right? And maybe somebody carried his body to a forest or something? If so...then what day was it? That couldn't have happened in less than a day, so...he grimaced. What was he doing right before the light? It had been a school day...he was walking to school...took a detour through the park...<em>with Mei.</em><br><br>He froze suddenly, shocked that he hadn't thought about it earlier; he blamed the wake-up daze he had been in, the confused and disorientated state he had found himself in, but he knew that he wouldn't be able to forgive himself for not considering her sooner...he already felt horribly guilty for not instantly worrying about her, for <em>forgetting</em> her even momentarily like that...where was she? She had been right next to him, standing right there, hand in his...and they'd been pulled away from each other. He felt physically, violently sick for a moment. What if she'd been hurt? What if whoever had taken his body and dumped it wherever-this-was had taken her body, too? What would they be doing to it, right at this moment, while he sat there gormlessly staring at the trees round him? He scrambled to his feet sharply, looking around wildly. Was there any sign of her? He looked, but...no, no scrap of red hair, no innocently adorable face sleeping on the canopy beside him...he was utterly alone, and that meant that Mei was alone as well...at least, he hoped so. He couldn't even bear to think about what could be happening to her if she was in the hands of whoever had knocked them unconscious...he growled softly, the guilt and fear for her safety replaced by <em>rage.</em> If somebody had even so much as hurt a <em>single fucking hair</em> on her head, he was going to put them through a new, rarely seen level of pain and suffering. <br><br>But which direction to go in? He had no idea where he was, or where she might be, or what kind of environment he was in...so how the hell could he decide where to go? He frowned, then growled in the back of his throat. He couldn't just stay where he was, right? Not when Mei needed saving, protecting, finding! He shook his head, picked a random direction...and set off. Or at least, he would have done, had he not been interrupted.<br>"And where d'y' think you're goin'? You don't even know where y' are!" A small, infuriatingly laughing voice said from behind him, causing him to freeze sharply. "What are y' anyway? Never seen your like in these parts before...what kinda Digimon are y'?" Elias span around, searching for the source of the voice, angry now; this person was delaying him from finding his sister, and had actually even mocked him! He opened his mouth to reply angrily...and then his eyes alighted on the source of the voice. It was a...small...blob....thing, with oversized ears and a weird colour...it was literally just a bouncing blob on the floor behind him with a face. He frowned a little.<br><br>"And...what exactly are you?" He demanded, bewildered. The blob snorted.<br>"I think I asked first, d'in I? And in a much more polite way! But if you <em>must</em> know, I'm Pagumon! Wha', they don't have Pagumongs where you come from?"<br>Elias just looked at it, dumbfounded. What the hell was a Pagumon? He'd never even heard of something like that, let alone something sentient that could <em>talk!</em> "...no. We don't. What's a Pagumon? And you can talk?" He just stared. He couldn't even get angry; he had to understand what was going on to get angry. "Pagumon" just rolled his eyes.<br>"Well, DUH, I can talk! And what d'ya mean, 'What's a Pagumon?' I'm a Digimon, same as you! ....you are a Digimon, right?" A....digimon? What the hell was a Digimon? Pagumon must have spotted Elias's confusion, because it visibly rolled its eyes. "Wow. You're either <em>really</em> new here, or y' hit your head hard when y' fell...'pparently, light don't protect you much."<br><br>Elias blinked. This creature had seen him fall? Maybe it had seen Mei fall as well! He took a step towards Pagumon - who promptly bounced back warily - and went to one knee. "You saw me fall? Did you see anybody else fall? What happened? Where did I fall from?"<br>Pagumon blinked sharply at Elias's sudden change in demeanour. "Um...yeah, I saw you fall. You fell from the sky, just'a beam'a light...there were a few other beams, so I guess there were others..." A....beam of light. He fell in a beam of light. You know, he would have been sceptical of that claim, were he not in an unrecognisable forest, speaking with a blob with a face. At this point, just the hope that this creature had seen Mei was enough for him to accept that crazy bullshit...he would believe any nonsense this thing told him, if it meant he got to find his sister. He leaned forwards. <br>"Was one of the people who fell a girl? Shorter than me by a decent foot and a bit, long red hair, wide, expressive eyes? Did you see if she was ok? Where is she?"<br>Pagumon looked at him flatly. "What part'a 'Beam'a light' did y' not understand? Didn' even know what <em>you</em> looked like 'fore I got here, 'n you were the closest t' me! I saw kinda where th' other beams hit, but not who was in 'em. As for where she is, well, same place you are; The Digital World! More specific than that, I 'unno." <br><br>It had a cheeky grin on its face, as if it had just told the funniest joke ever. The Digital World? What kinda bullshit was that? Did it expect him to believe he was on some other planet, or in Cyber Space or something? Granted, Pagumon wasn't like anything he'd ever seen or heard of before, but...well, he was obviously just a machine sent to fuck with him, or even a hallucination; he had no idea how long it had been since he'd eaten or drank anything, right? So yeah, it was probably that. Still, anger spiked in Elias. This "Pagumon" was just wasting his goddamn time. He pushed himself up from the floor angrily, then turned to leave the way he had chosen before this impossible drug-dream had interrupted him. At this point, he didn't care if all of this was impossible, he just needed to find his sister.<br>"Where y' goin, chuckles?" Chimed Pagumon, bouncing its way towards him. Elias grimaced. Why was this thing following him?<br>"To find my s-" he stopped himself. No need to spill that too soon, to complete strangers, no matter how pissed he was. "- girlfriend. Partner. Now fuck off."<br>Pagumon ignored his demand. "Where y' gonna look for her?"<br>"I don't know. Need to start somewhere though."<br>"How do you know where to start? How do you know you aren't goin' in the wrong direction?"<br>Elias hesitated, then glared at Pagumon. "Why are you still here?" he snarled. <br><br>Pagumon flopped its...ears?...upwards in what Elias guessed was a shrug. "You're the most int'resting thing t' happen around here for ages. 'Sides, I kinda feel like I have'ta follow ya, or y're just gonna end up eaten or somethin'. Things a lot bigger than me around here, and you'd make a tasty dessert for some of 'em!"<br>Elias hesitated through his growing anger and frustration. Bigger animals? That could be a problem, especially if he didn't know anything about them or have any weapons. He grimaced, then sighed, swallowing his rage a little...he needed to find Mei, and if that meant playing nice with Pagumon - who obviously knew the area better than he did - then...that was what he had to do. "Well then. What do <em>you</em> suggest I do?"<br>Pagumon grinned. "Askin' me for help after telling me to go away? That's a bit'f a U-Turn!" He grinned in a smug, self satisfied way that made Elias want to punt him over the nearest tree, but he restrained himself. "...yes, it is. You gonna help me or not?"<br><br>Pagumon "Hmmmmed" as if he was thinking about it, then grinned and nodded. "Yeah, ok. Got nothin' better to do!" He turned on the spot and indicated in a specific direction. Elias looked that way and, through the trees, saw what looked to be a large pillar of some kind, extending into the sky in the distance. He frowned a little. He'd never heard about anything like <em>that</em> back home...where on Earth was he? "See that? That's The Skyrock...That's in the middle of where y' and the other lights fell. It's the biggest landmark for miles around...I'd start there. Maybe y' partner is making her way to it, hopin' to meet with y'?" Elias considered for a moment...it made sense, at least; head for the nearest landmark and hope that your lost loved ones made the same decision, but...what if she didn't make it there? Or didn't see it and head to it? He frowned...but what else did he have? Just wandering around aimlessly, hoping to run into her by chance? He...really didn't have a choice here. He sighed, and looked at Pagumon...he already hated the little bastard and his smug, smarmy attitude, but...well, he knew the area better than he did, and he needed a guide to get to "The Skyrock," so...he grimaced. He was going to regret this. <br><br>"...come on. I need a guide."<br>"No." Elias just stared. "Not 'ntil you ask nicely!<br>Elias grimaced yet again, no small amount of anger building up inside him at the impertinence of this little shit...but exploding wouldn't help, and he needed to get to his sister, and for that, he needed Pagumon. He sucked in a sharp, calming breath, biting back his rage, and managed to say, albeit through gritted teeth, "Please can you help me get to The Skyrock, Pagumon?"<br>Pagumon beamed in that shit-eating grinning way of his. "Sure! This way!" and he bounded off into the undergrowth. Letting out his held breath, Elias sighed. This was going to be a long day...he just hoped he found Mei soon. The sooner he found her, the sooner he could tell Pagumon where to shove it, and the sooner he and Mei could figure out how to get home. He just had to endure without lashing out at Pagumon until then. Easy, right? <br><br>He had a horrible feeling about this.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>13-06-2016, 20:29:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayula Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; Unknown, Crystal Lake<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Trying to get her bearings<br><strong>Tagging</strong>:&nbsp; None yet, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet<br><br>Kayla Hamilton, your average city girl with more than a handful of brain cells to rub together, considered herself aware enough of her surroundings on most days to have known when she was heading into the country long before she actually got there.&nbsp; Yet today, as she slowly peeled herself off the ground, and saw that there was a forest behind her, on her right, and left, as well as a distant lake in front of her, she could not for the life of her figure out how in the hell she'd gotten here, wherever here happened to be.&nbsp; She felt dazed and confused, and put a hand against her forehead when a wave of dizziness hit her, forcing her to stop before she started to stand to her feet.&nbsp; <strong>"Ugh...feels like I hit the tequila, except I haven't touched a drop."</strong>&nbsp; She groaned aloud, having learned that particularly painful lesson once shortly after her eighteenth birthday back in January.&nbsp; Drinking never had the same appeal after her first and last time, or maybe it'd been the tequila itself that hadn't set well with her stomach.&nbsp; Either way, Kayla had made it a point to never get that sloshed again.<br><br>Which brought her back to the present, as she tried to put the pieces together of how she'd gotten lost in the middle of nowhere, with the just visible sparkle of a lake not too far ahead.&nbsp; The way the sun sparkled across its surface was certainly something out of a postcard, but it was the trees, ginormous and strange on every side, that had her immediate attention.&nbsp; She was no expert, but she was pretty sure the banana like plants hanging from one of the nearby trees didn't come in shades of purple.&nbsp; Whatever had happened, she was pretty sure that she wasn't in New York anymore.&nbsp; <strong>"Where in the Hell am I?"</strong>&nbsp; Kayla grumbled, far more annoyed than anything since fear was for the weak.&nbsp; Fear was for the pathetic, but not her.&nbsp; She didn't get afraid, she got angry.&nbsp; Her dad, bastard that he was, had made her learn the hard way that the world didn't have time for the weak and fearful.&nbsp; So whatever fear she felt, Kalya swallowed like a rotten piece of meat, and started forward, all the while trying to calm herself down with the far gentler lessons her grandmother had taught her.<br><br>The last thing she could remember clearly was beating those morons down in that alleyway before she had started on her way back home, with plans to swing by her grandmother's dojo first.&nbsp; Old momma Morton couldn't get around like she used to, but Kayla didn't mind helping the old woman.&nbsp; About the only reason she hadn't spent time in Juvie was because of the old woman, and what she had taught her since moving to the big city, which Kayla did her best to repay by lending a hand whenever she had the chance.&nbsp; Usually that amounted to her helping keep the place her Grandma called home clean and ready for visitors, but sometimes she helped teach a class of hopeful youths alongside Morton.&nbsp; Whatever she did, it always brought a smile to her face to spend time with the old woman.&nbsp; Kayla let out a contented sigh as those pleasant memories played out for her, just as she came to the edge of the lake.&nbsp; The sandy beach and the water itself were the cleanest she'd ever seen.&nbsp; That alone assured her she wasn't anywhere near a city, where pollution tended to fill the air and foul up the water.<br><br>Cupping her hands under the surface, Kayla took a sip of the crystal clear liquid, and was surprised it went down as smoothly as it looked without even the slightest hint of the city pollution she was so used to.&nbsp; A soft, surprised moan escaped her, but she adjusted well enough and stood to her feet, dusting off her torn, faded jeans as she did.&nbsp; Having satisfied her thirst, she took a moment to cross her arms and look over the water, just as a grey, fluffy cloud passed overhead, reflected in the water's surface.&nbsp; She gave a jolt as she remembered that grey, all encompassing light that had grabbed her.&nbsp; Was that how she'd gotten here? It was the only thing she could think of that would explain all of this at all, but even that seemed downright weird and insane.&nbsp; Lights alone couldn't drag people to other places, but it was all she had to-<br><br>Jerking her head to the right of the lake, Kayla narrowed her grey eyes to slits when she heard a cry off in the distance.&nbsp; It sounded human, or human enough to make no difference to her before she started to run towards the source of the sound.&nbsp; A cry for help she understood, that she could do something about, and she had every intention of doing just that as she made it a point to collect a few small rocks along the way, stuffing them into her black leather jacket's pockets on the run.&nbsp; She had no idea if there were wolves or something around, and with no other options, she wasn't about to face an unknown adversary with nothing but her fists, even if they had gotten her out of as much trouble as they'd gotten her in while she was a kid.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lynnie</strong> on <strong>14-06-2016, 02:28:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s574/lynniekitty/86c3cf26d300fe2ee5ffc321960f3c25_zps0abwkxha.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Angelia Grady<br><strong>Time:</strong> Unknown<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Angelia couldn't remember the last time she left the library with only a few books. It had been probably years since she had done that. Though at this point until they got in some newer books it would probably be her just grabbing her old favorite fairy tales and rereading them. Her backpack hung low from the weight as she walked down the street towards her place, through the park. Her long hair was pulled back just to keep out of her face. She wasn't one who went to parties. Though she was invited to several but they never appealed to her. Tonight she had reluctantly agreed to go to because it was for her best friend. <br><br>At least it was a promising idea for a party. They were going to a local club to listen to her bestie's boyfriend's band. She liked their music and it made her get out of the house and socialize. She didn't like the attention she got while out with her friend but she did enjoy being with her. She hadn't even thought about what she was going to wear tonight. Turning right to take the more scenic route through the park her thoughts turned to her series of books in her bag. Having always loved the books written by Lewis Carroll she picked up all of the Alice books.<br><br>A bright light followed by an almost sonic boom sound filled her senses. A weightlessness came over her as she felt her feet leave the solid concert walking path. Her mind lost all control of thoughts as she felt things falling around her. She couldn't tell which way was up or down.<br><br>Next thing she knew she felt her body hit hard against the ground. She felt pain radiate through her body as she landed. A loud whimper escaped her lips as she started to come too after falling. She hurt so badly and started to slowly sit up. Things on her person hurt that she didn't realize could even hurt. Sitting up she was able to blink several times to realize she wasn't anywhere were she was at before the light.<br><br>Surrounding her was tall, yellow green, grass it smells almost like lemon grass but not quite. The flowers were unlike anything she had ever seen. This place she found herself was completely different than where she had come from. Perhaps she had finally lost it and was lying somewhere in a coma. No, perhaps her wish had been granted and she was able to go into her books and be part of the story!<br><br>Looking around she saw a tail standing high up amongst the grass. It looked almost like a cat tail. It was more and more like her books! She really was in one of her books! She smiled as she called out to the tail, <strong>"Here kitty kitty! I'm sure you are a pretty little kitty!"</strong><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kiric Rand</strong> on <strong>14-06-2016, 02:28:56</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft"> (http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/kiricrand/Morgan%20Robberts_zpsa1fu30ww.jpg) </div><strong>Name:</strong> Morgan Robberts<br><strong>Time:</strong>???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Somewhere in Hawkmon-Eye Heights<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Morgan hit the ground hard, driving the air from his lungs with a loud thud. His first reaction was to cough and wheeze, trying to fill his sore lungs with air, as well as expel the dist trying to make its way in. His arms wrapped around his ribs, holding himself tight. What might look like he was hugging himself was in reality him checking his ribs, making sure nothing was broken. A couple bruised ribs, but nothing serious. That was going to make getting up and walking away a bit tough.<br><br>He coughed up another bit of dust and dirt from his lung. Wait, dust and dirt? Wasn't he still in the city, right now lying down in an alley? Where the hell did the dirt come from? He slowly opened his eyes, the light blinding him for a second as he started sitting up, his lungs slowly moving from pain to a dull ache.<br><br>The sight that met his eyes was not exactly what he had been expecting. Instead of tall buildings and roads, he found himself confronted by cliffs and mesa, carved from the stone of the earth itself. He shook his head, trying to knock the cobwebs out. He must have hit his head much harder than he thought. He was dreaming some kind of weird ass dream right now. That had to be it, he couldn't have gone from the city to the mountains just like that, at least not without knowing how he got here.<br><br>He slowly stood up, still holding his ribs a bit. No, this couldn't be a dream; the pain in his torso was far too real for that. Then where the hell was he right now? Slowly, he reached into his pocket, pulling out his phone and turning it on. Just his luck, no service out here in the middle of nowhere. Great, I get stuck in the ass crack of the country and have no way of getting in contact with anyone. Fan fucking tastic.” At least it wasn't broken though, maybe it could be of some use later on.<br><br>Putting the phone in his pocket, he slowly started walking, wincing as the pain in his torso seemed to bite right through him. Definitely not a dream, that or a really good one.” He took a deep breath, closing his blue eyes for a moment. At least there was one thing he could say, once all the dirt was out of his lungs, the air up here was actually very refreshing. That still didn’t bring him any closer to answers, but it was something.<br><br>Opening his eyes, he slowly took a look around. The first thing that caught his eye was a fairly large tower looking thing in the distance. That seemed to be the only real landmark he could make out from here, and judging from the way it looked, it wasn’t a natural formation, which means there were people here, or so he hoped.<br><br>”Looking off at The Skyrock huh? Can’t say I blame you, it is pretty amazing.” The sudden voice behind him caused Morgan to spin around, trying his best to find the source of it. There seemed to be no one else around, until he looked down. There, at his feet, was a little puffball looking thing looking up at him.<br><br>”Holy hell, what the fuck are you?” Morgan jumped back a bit. This little thing had just taken him completely by surprise, and it took him a moment to regain his composure. ”Skyrock huh? Is that what that tower is called then? Well then, if it has a name, that means there are others there, and at least then I could figure out where I am.”<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>InnocentSynn</strong> on <strong>14-06-2016, 04:22:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://wikimon.net/images/c/ca/Kyaromon2.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Kyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Angelica, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>Kyaromon loved the Plains.&nbsp; It was deceptively flat and bland looking from a distance, but once you got there and started to explore, there were all sorts of things to find and discover.&nbsp; He could, and had, lost himself for hours and even days as he searched the high grass and hidden caves and small ponds.&nbsp; Then there were the forests on the outskirts of the Plains that he often explored as well.&nbsp; And today found him wandering around the edge of those woods, pondering what he might do today.&nbsp; Exploring was a fun idea, but he had yet to find something that held his attention and was debating moving further into the woods to see what he could find.<br><br>However, before he could do that, he spotted a berry bush nearby and his tummy rumbled slightly, making him aware of how he'd yet to eat since he'd struck out from his home this morning.&nbsp; A closer look showed that they were his favorite type of berries and he let out a small squeal of delight as he moved towards the bush and started to nibble, rising up on his hind legs so that he would be able to reach the lowest level of the bush.&nbsp; He ate until he could no longer reach any.&nbsp; He hated being so tiny, but there was nothing he could do about it, at least not right now.<br><br>Suddenly, a blinding flash of light filled the plains and Kyaromon couldn't see for a moment.&nbsp; He blinked his big green eyes rapidly and when he could see again, at least if he could ignore the spots that still flashed in his eyes from time to time, he could clearly see something laying in the grass near the center of the plain.&nbsp; And for some strange reason, he could almost feel it pulling him towards it.&nbsp; Never one to shy away from exploring something, he made his way towards it rather quickly until he could sort of see what it was.&nbsp; It appeared to be some sort of creature that he'd never seen before, but seem very oddly familiar to him.<br><br>As he drew close, the creature stirred before sitting up.&nbsp; Kyaromon stopped and held off a moment.&nbsp; He'd learned that he shouldn't just walk up on something that he didn't know.&nbsp; He'd been chased away from areas when he got too nosy too quickly.&nbsp; He thought that in the tall grass he would be fine, but apparently he'd forgotten about his tail and how easily it could stick out in the tall grass.&nbsp; And whatever this creature was spotted it and spoke to him and called him a cat, whatever that was.&nbsp; However what he really noticed was that she seemed friendly enough, so he had no issues with moving closer until she would be able to see him clearly.&nbsp; <br><br>He stared at her for a moment curiously for a moment before he finally spoke.&nbsp; "I'm not a cat, I'm Kyaromon!" he said in a bright, almost playful, voice, "What's a cat?&nbsp; And what are you?&nbsp; And how did you get here?&nbsp; Do you have a name?"&nbsp; All of these questions were rattled off so quickly that they would be a bit hard to follow, but that was how he was.&nbsp; He was curious and she was friendly, or so she seemed, so to him that was enough to go ahead and launch into the dozens of questions that he had.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Amarlo</strong> on <strong>14-06-2016, 04:33:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E2RsII0.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Mei Sampson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.msg12395389#msg12395389) | Nyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ???<br><strong>Location:</strong> ???, Crystal Lake<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> N/A<br><hr>The blanket of darkness that had overwhelmed her had been a comfortable one. In it there was no pain, no grief, no worries. Just the pleasant ease of floating weightlessly along a river of black. <i>This is nice…</i> Her own disembodied voice murmured with a contented sigh, but when she tried to refill her lungs something thicker and more viscous than air filled her mouth and seeped into her lungs instead. It strangled her, cutting off precious air to her already hazy brain as her hands found her throat and mouth to claw and try to pry away whatever was obstructing her air-passages. Intangible fluid escaped between her fingers and it was at that point that she realized she wasn’t floating but <i>sinking</i>. Lilac hues popped open wide, that shroud of black fading away to a murky turquoise fog so thick and humid there was no doubt in her mind that she had somehow fallen head first into water. <br><br>Her lips parted to scream but only bubbles escaped. Mei choked, her body animating as she struggled to figure out which way was up and which way was down. Where was she? <i>How</i> had she gotten here? Was this going to be her watery grave?! Tears would have sprung to her eyes hadn’t she been surrounded by water already. Then, from the corner of her eye, she saw something <i>large</i> move in the shadowy depths and her heart seized in her chest. Oh god… She was going to die, wasn’t she? She was! This was it! She was either going to drown or get eaten by a sea monster or something! The was her last thought as the darkness consumed her once again. <br><br><div align="center">*****</div><br>“Maybe it’s a Mermaimon…”<br>”Don’t you think it’d be a <i>little</i> hard for a Mermaimon to <i>drown</i>?”<br>“I don’t know! I’ve never met one before!” <br>”Sshh, sshh! I think it’s waking up! Look.”<br><br>To say that coming to consciousness wasn’t a pleasant thing would be a <i>grievant</i> understatement. Her entire body ached, her head pounded so violently that she thought it could explode at any moment, and to top it all off her chest burned like someone had literally used it as a campfire. Mei choked and sputtered, rolling onto her side as she vomited what she was sure had to be one of her <i>lungs</i> all over the sand mixed dirt beneath her. She wheezed, each breath rattling violently with the fluids still trapped in her lungs and with every breath she took more liquid was expelled in another violent hemorrhage that swept over her small body. By the time she was done she was so exhausted and light headed that she could barely roll upon her back before collapsing sprawled out. <br><br>“What are you doing?!” A male voice whispered harshly off to her left.<br><br>”Ssshhh! Be quiet! Just trust me, jeez!” Another voice hissed back, this one decidedly female. They both sounded really young to boot – like children, really. Had children somehow managed to save her..? ”Hey!” A little grey blob with cat-like ears upon the top of its head and bright yellow eyes stared down at her expectantly. ”Can you tell Betamon you’re not a Mermaimon?” She scowled down at her and Mei’s eyes practically bugged out of her head. <br><br>Oh god, <i>oh god</i>, she had brain damage. She nearly drowned and now she had brain damage from it! That was the only possible answer for this!! And the worst part was, she currently didn’t even have enough energy to try and run away from these freaky delu--- Holy moly, what the heck was <i>that</i>?!<br><br>“Hey! Can’t you see its still in a daze? Leave it alone!” This big green toad thing with an orange Mohawk chastised the little cat eared thing. <br>”Oh <i>she’s</i> fine.” The feline rolled her eyes and Mei blinked, dumbfounded. <br>“<i>She?</i>”<br>”Yeah! <i>She!</i> See these mound things on its chest?” And that’s when the little blob hopped up onto Mei’s stomach and bounced just below her breasts, making them sway and bounce in unison as Mei yelped.<br>“Yeah?”<br>”Only the females have these things!” It said matter-o-factually as if it were the most scientific classification in the world. <br>“Oooooh.” And clearly the green one was just as gullible as its child-like voice made it seem. If these two didn’t look so clearly different she might even think they were brother and sister with the way they talked to each oth--- <i>Elias!!!</i><br><br>Mei gasped as she sat up abruptly, dismounting the little feline with a protestant ”Hey!” as Mei struggled and staggered to her feet shakily. Where was Elias?! She was just with him in the park. They were on their way to school when that bright light appeared and she felt his hand being literally <i>ripped</i> from her own. Had he fallen into the water too?! <br><br>“What is it doing? Why isn’t it saying anything…?”<br>”<i>She</i>, and maybe she doesn’t talk?”<br><br>Well <i>she</i> certainly didn’t have time for these child-like delusions, because without a word she scanned the area and then quickly went rushing back into the crystalline waters of the lake in front of her. ”Huh…maybe she <i>is</i> a Mermaimon…” “Told you!”<br><br>”<b><i>ELIAS!!!</i></b>” The girl’s terrified cry interrupted whatever gloating the Betamon was about to do as she started to frantically search throughout the waves for any sign or hair of her brothers’ presence. <br><br>“What’s an Elias…?”<br>”I dunno… Did you see anyone else in the water?”<br>“Nope! Just her.”<br><br>Mei paused, blinking as she turned back towards the two … <i>pokemon</i> things and stared at them for a long moment. The two perked as her eyes fell upon her, then froze as she continued stare. It wasn’t until they started to squirm beneath her gaze that she finally attempted to speak. ”Th-there was no one else in the water? No boys?” She asked hoarsely, her throat on fire from her the bile she’d dispelled from her stomach earlier. <br><br>”Ah! She does talk!” The feline bounced happily and the green one shook his oddly shaped head. <br>“No, sorry. Yours was the only light I saw falling in the water.” He explained and she found herself blinking again. <br>”Light…?”<br>”Yeah, there were a bunch of lights that fell from the sky a little bit ago! Me and Betamon came to investigate.” The grey grinned and the green puffed out his little chest, preening. <br>“<i>I</i> saved you!” He exclaimed proudly and the grey bounced beside him happily. <br><br>Yup, she was definitely out of her mind…
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Galnius</strong> on <strong>14-06-2016, 05:23:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://t01.deviantart.net/U-xF6iRJ1FD_TCya5lhHld5vfyU=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/5cce/th/pre/f/2015/053/9/8/viximon_by_virogaming-d8j5ztr.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Pokomon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> Crystal Lake<br><strong>Doing</strong>: Exploring, Getting attacked <br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>Deep inside the forest, on between a small digimon village and crystal lake, a small golden fox like creature called Pokomon trained tirelessly.&nbsp; One could hear sounds of work as she pushed a very small, dead tree. Each effort made the plant tilt farther and farther until suddenly <em>crash</em>! Pokomon let out a squeal of delight before composing herself. Once done with that she crossed the makeshift bridge over the small dried up stream bed.<br><br>The stream seemed to have created some kind of horseshoe bend, which is what created the barren trench earlier, as not five minutes later she came across what must be the streams new pathway. The cold water created a refreshing mist as it collected into Pokomon's soft, unkempt fur. Her ears, tipped a deep scarlet, twitched happily at the smell and feeling of its cool surface. Decidedly,&nbsp; she laid down to take a quick nap.<br><br>***&nbsp; ***&nbsp; &nbsp;***&nbsp; &nbsp;***&nbsp; &nbsp;***<br><br>Pokomon woke up feeling quite refreshed. She stretched, her stubby feet potruding out in different directions. She stifled a yawn, knowing that that would bring her dangerously close to another nap. Instead, she lapped up some water from the stream, feeling the frigid liquid quench her thirst. She prepared to go on her way, before hearing a sharp sound.<br><br>"Hey, you!" It said angrily. Pokomon turned about, still a little sluggish, to see a very annoyed looking Palmon standing not 15 meters away. "What are you doing in MY forest?!"<br><br>Pokomon tilted it's head, confused at the notion that the forest could belong to anyone. Had it been under management,&nbsp; she was sure the village would know. Furthermore, this Palm on didn't seem to exude any real authority. "I was getting a drink from the stream", she said calmly. "If you'd like some I can move." Pokomon felt that this course of action was logical, as she did stand in the best area, as one wouldn't have to maneuver around rocks or slopes. <br>&nbsp;<br>"You drank from my stream?!" The Palmon said. With a shrill scream, it charged after Pokomon. Using the only thing she knew how to do, Pokomon curled into a stone like ball releasing a semi-poisonous mist. Killing stone, it was called.<br><br>Using the momentary distraction,&nbsp; Pokomon bolted off, leaping over a smaller part of the stream. Enraged, the Palm on followed stubbornly. Rocks, inclines, fallen logs, none seemed to slow the vicious plant digimon down. Pokomon began slowing, running out of energy. Suddenly, with a <em>thwack</em> Pokomon was sent sprawling down a hill, landing upside down near where one of the lights had appeared. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>14-06-2016, 05:42:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayla Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; Unknown, Crystal Lake<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Beating a bully senseless<br><strong>Tagging</strong>: Pokomon, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet<br><br><strong>"Huh."</strong>&nbsp; Kayla said aloud when she saw the oddest thing she had ever seen in her life.&nbsp; She had seen some strange things before, what person hadn't at her age, but seeing a talking plant...thing with a rather pretty flow on its head, and a little yellow and scarlet eared ball of fur tumblling down towards the lake definitely shot up to the top of her list of oddities.&nbsp; She had to blink and shake her head, unbelieving what her grey eyes were telling her, but when the plant looking creature raised a clawed hand to strike at the furry creature with an all too intelligent shout in English of all things, Kayla forgot her momentary confusion in favor of remembering why she had ran towards the lake, and thus, the screaming as she had in the first place.&nbsp; <strong>"Hey, weed face!"</strong>&nbsp; Kayla shouted out before fishing out the first of her stones.&nbsp; With an easy flick of her wrist, the rock sailed towards the talking plant and slammed between the creature's eyes, immediately drawing its attention to her.&nbsp; <strong>"I don't know what your problem is you oversized freak of flora, but you got about ten seconds to get away from that furball before I start doing more than throw rocks at you."</strong>&nbsp; Kayla hissed, knowing a bully when she saw one as she made it a point glare down her nose at the Palmon, as the plant was quick to correct her with a rage filled shout.&nbsp; <strong>"Palmon huh?&nbsp; I prefer oversized weed, because only a pathetic weed picks on the weak!"</strong><br><br>"I am not a weed!"&nbsp; Palmon shouted back before extending several vine like tendrils in Kayla's direction.&nbsp; Despite the strange attack, and the equally strange creature behind it, Kayla nimbly dodged to the side, her right hand already in the motion of throwing another rock.&nbsp; Once more, Palmon's head was tossed backward, only this time, the plant creature was forced back a step because Kayla had thrown her projectile with a lot more force than the first one.<br><br><strong>"I can do this all day!"</strong>&nbsp; Kayla growled out as Palmon recovered, only to stagger when a second slammed into the right side of her head this time.&nbsp; Having gotten the hint that her claws were bigger than her own, Palmon staggered and stumbled away, but Kayla's anger had been kicked into high gear, and she didn't let the Palmon escape without one last rock into her backside.&nbsp; The plant Digimon yelped and jumped as the last of Kayla's rocks found its mark directly on her tail bone.&nbsp; Only after the weedy bully was gone did the human turn to the strange, furry creature, and she let her earlier confusion take hold once more.&nbsp; <strong>"Okay, I saved your life, and if you're like anything like that thing, that means you can talk to right?&nbsp; If so, I sincerely hope you can explain where the Hell I am and how I got here.&nbsp; That's assuming I'm not just going insane and all this is some kind of hallucination."</strong>&nbsp; Kayla stated, making it clear with her tone of voice alone that she really was not in the mood for games.&nbsp; Of course, her rather passionate demonstration against the Palmon would have told Pokomon that in spades on its own.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lynnie</strong> on <strong>15-06-2016, 01:04:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s574/lynniekitty/86c3cf26d300fe2ee5ffc321960f3c25_zps0abwkxha.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Angelia Grady<br><strong>Time:</strong> Unknown<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br><br>It definitely wasn't a cat. She wasn't sure what it was but it was so cute she couldn't help but make a small squeak noise. This was like something out of one of her books. It was so different than her world and somehow she didn't mind.&nbsp; The little create almost catlike walked towards her as she smiled. Then it spoke, she couldn't help understand why but it did speak.<br><br><strong>"Wait you can speak?"</strong> Was the only thing she could utter after it had spoken back to her. It's bright eyes and soft looking fur reminded her of a small creature in one of her books. Perhaps now she was Alice and this was her very own Cheshire cat! Though it stated that it wasn't a cat but something called a Kyaromon. The voice finally clicked that it was definitely male. This small fuzzy creature made her want to trust it right away, mostly because animals have never betrayed her nor lied to her.<br><br>Suddenly the rush of questions from the tiny fur ball battered her brain. She held up her hands in a silent gesture to hold on as she started to figure out what was going on. <strong>"Okay one second, Kyaromon! A cat is a small creature from where I'm from that is kept as a member of a family and is cared for, looks kind of like you! I'm a human. I'm not sure exactly how I got here nor where here is exactly. I'm Angelia. It's nice to meet you." </strong> She answered the questions as best as she could due to the weird pace Kyraomon posed his questions. She had relaxed even though he was male he couldn't hurt her like others have in the past.<br><br>She smiled as she looked around and surveyed the landscape, <strong>"So where am I? This place is no where near like what I was at when I was engulfed in a beam of light. So I am very curious of this place."</strong> The place she was flat with light rolling hills and tall grass. She could see several cliffs off in he distance and a large almost mountain like place a fair distance away. She wondered if she was the only person to have ever come here. Perhaps she was. This was going to be a lovely tale that she was in. Would she save the world, find love, slay a dragon, or even perhaps find out that this is where she was always meant to be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kiric Rand</strong> on <strong>15-06-2016, 02:41:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft"> (http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/kiricrand/Morgan%20Robberts_zpsa1fu30ww.jpg) </div><strong>Name:</strong> Morgan Robberts / Caprimon<br><strong>Time:</strong>???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Somewhere in Hawkmon-Eye Heights<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Morgan had been walking for some time, his ribs no longer sore, at least, not as sore as when he landed hard on the ground. The little creature behind him continued to follow, piping up with a bunch of questions. ”Hey wait up. I have never seen anything like you before, what’s your name? Where did you come from?” It was nonstop from the little thing as it bounced along behind. Morgan did his absolute best to ignore it as he walked along, trying to make his way toward the large stone tower that seemed to extend into the sky. Even from this distance, the tower was impossible; it was far too tall for him to have never noticed it before. The sheer logistics behind such a construction were far beyond anything he thought possible. He finally took a seat on the ground, clutching his ribs as he did.<br><br>”You OK? You seem to be having trouble walking. Anything I can do to help?” Morgan growled at the creature. ”Didn’t I tell you to go away earlier. I don’t need your help. I mean, you can’t even exist. There is no record of a creature like you in any database or anything. This means you are just a figment of my mind, likely a delusion brought on by the blow to my head.” Morgan snapped back at the puffball, which seemed to bounce back in fear a bit before approaching again. ”I am nothing but a figment. I feel awful real to be a figment. You sure are a strange digimon, saying things like that. Some of the others might not take to kindly to your words if you keep that up.”<br><br>Morgan looked down at the little thing. ”Did you jut call me a… digimon? What the hell does that mean? I am a human. Why am I even explaining this to you?” Morgan’s anger was quickly bubbling up to the surface, and he turned to look out at the tower he was trying to reach. ”Humon? I’ve never heard of that kind of digimon before. What level are you? Rookie? Champion?” Morgan just shook his head. ”Not humon, human. A living person, a real thing. Though this place is getting stranger and stranger by the moment. How exactly did I get here anyhow?” Morgan sat there a moment rubbing his head, trying to remember.<br><br>”Oh that is an easy one, you fell from the beam of light. Well, one of them anyway, I couldn’t see where all of them landed, you were just the closest.” A beam of light? How was that possible, humans couldn’t travel by light. ”Now you are just talking crazy. People can’t travel by beams of light. Data maybe, but not people. Why are you following me anyhow, I already told you to leave me alone.” Morgan growled, slowly starting to stand back up, a tinge of pain shooting through him again. ”You seem interesting. Not much intresting happens around here anymore. I could use a little excitement in my life.” The creature shrugged, well, what Morgan could only assume was a shrug.<br><br>”Just try and stay out of my way then.” Morgan started walking again when he heard a roar behind him. ”Oh no, its Monochrmon, he must be hungry again. Run now, he’ll make a snack out of you.” No sooner had the puffball yelled a large, quadrupedal black and while beast crashed through some of the rocks, roaring out as it spotted the two of them. Morgan actually stumbled back a bit as it turned, setting to charge toward them. ”I said run!” Morgan turned and started running after the creature that seemed to be trying to help him. The larger creature charged after them, hunger in its eyes as it roared again. ”What the hell is going on here? This can’t be real can it?”<br><br>”In here, quick. The little thing ducked into a small cave, Morgan diving close behind as the larger creature charged past them. ”This is crazy. Things like you, like that, they can’t exist.” Morgan started rocking a bit in the cave, things finally starting to click that wherever he was, it was real and not just his mind. ”You Humon sure are weird. I am not so sure I want to be following you all the way to Skyrock if it’s going to be like this.” The puffball started laughing a bit at the comment. <br><br>”I…. I guess I should thank you for helping me back there. I guess I should ask you name instead of caling you puffball all the time if you are going to be following me. Name’ Morgan by the way. He was still visibly shaken, not even noticing the pain in his ribs for a moment. ”Morgan? That is a funny name. I’m Caprimon. Sorry about the big guy out there, some of us Digimon aren’t as mild as I am. That is just how things are in the digital world.”<br><br>”Wait, did you say digital world? Like digital data. Like a computer?” His blue eyes went wide at the statement, not really sure what exactly the thing, Caprimon, meant. ”Well I don’t know about a computer, but yeah, basically, I guess.” Morgan sat there a moment longer before nodding. ”Come on then. I suppose that tower seems like the best place to start. You said there were other beams of light, maybe there are others out there like me. Hopefully one of them knows the way back home.”<br><br>He stepped out of the cave, looking around for any signs of that other creature before moving back out into the open. ”Lets go Caprimon.” For now it had earned his trust, saving his life against that larger creature. He would let it follow him to Skyrock for now, at least until he learned more about what was going on around here. The rest of the trip out of the mountainous region was pretty uneventful, the hills slowly easing out into flat plains, the tower growing closer with each step the two of them took.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>InnocentSynn</strong> on <strong>15-06-2016, 17:44:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://wikimon.net/images/c/ca/Kyaromon2.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Kyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Angelica, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>He was so excited that he could barely remain still.&nbsp; This was a whole new thing to him and it seemed to be extremely friendly and willing to talk to him.&nbsp; This was already going better than dozens of his other attempts to talk to things he didn't know or understand.&nbsp; As she started to answer his questions, that brought up a whole new set of other ones, but he was able to hold off long enough for her to finish answering the first set, which of course had the effect of causing him to have even more questions after that.&nbsp; Then she asked her own question, so he felt like he was required to answer them before he started with his long and possibly troublesome series of follow-up questions.<br><br>"We're in the Central Plains," he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "So you're an Angelia?&nbsp; I've never met an Angelia before!&nbsp; This is so cool!"&nbsp; He started to bounce up and down on his tiny legs a bit, only getting a few inches off the ground before landing again with a soft "whump" sound.&nbsp; All around him, the tall grass swayed with his actions as he seemed to be having so much fun just talking to her.&nbsp; And he really was.&nbsp; His favorite thing in the entire world was getting a chance to learn something new and this thing in front of him was offering him the chance to learn who knew how many new things.&nbsp; Finally, he was able to settle down as he looked up at her with his big green eyes that were brimming with curiosity.<br><br>"So where are you from?&nbsp; Are there alot of Angelias there?" he asked her, already gearing up to launch more questions at her, "And what's a pet?&nbsp; Do you feed them?&nbsp; Cause if so, then maybe I could be your pet for a minute?&nbsp; There's these berries that I really love, but I can never really get alot of them because I'm so short and can't reach high enough.&nbsp; Here, let me show up!"&nbsp; He would eagerly race off towards the berry bush that he'd been snacking at earlier, probably going too quickly for her to really keep up with what he was saying and doing.&nbsp; Soon, he was standing by the berry bush, waiting for her to arrive.<br><br>"Are you coming?" he ask when he turned around to see that she wasn't right on his heels.&nbsp; When she would finally arrive, she'd see him standing next to the bush, all the berries that he could reach gone, but there were so many of them that had been out of his reach.&nbsp; He was looking up at her with a big smile on his face, almost like he knew she was going to help him without really having to ask.&nbsp; Or maybe he was just that trusting.....
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Galnius</strong> on <strong>16-06-2016, 01:04:17</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://t01.deviantart.net/U-xF6iRJ1FD_TCya5lhHld5vfyU=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/5cce/th/pre/f/2015/053/9/8/viximon_by_virogaming-d8j5ztr.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Pokomon<br><strong>Time:</strong> Bloody he'll if I know<br><strong>Location:</strong> Crystal Lake<br><strong>Doing</strong>: Talking<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr>Pokomon watched in amazement as one, then two rocks were flung at her assailant. She sat wide eyed as the Palmon was chased away by mere stones, whilst curiously wondering what it was throwing them. It didn't look like anything she had countered before,&nbsp; but to be fair, she had come from a small village so...<br><br>Then the digimon spoke, asking questions. Questions, of course, that Pokomon had little answer for..Well,&nbsp; the first one anyway. The second was easy. Flipping herself upright, she responded frankly.<br><br>"You are on the beach of crystal lake, at least one of them. I couldn't really tell you how you got here though", she said frowning. "Perhaps you swam? You don't look like a swimming digimon though.<br><br>Approaching cautiously, Pokomon went to get a better view.&nbsp; "In fact, you hardly look like a digimon at all. I'm Pokomon, by the way." Pokomon quickly found something to be intrigued by. "Is that armor you'are wearing?" She went up, chewing on her pant leg. "Ees no' very goo' is it", she said gnawing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>16-06-2016, 02:40:23</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayla Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; Unknown, Crystal Lake<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Asking questions, and having her jeans chewed on.&nbsp; Bad Pokomon!&nbsp; :P<br><strong>Tagging</strong>: Pokomon, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet<br><br>It was all Kayla could do to stand there and stare down at the talking, which confirmed her suspicions about the creature at her feet being intelligent, as the little furball did her best to answer her own questions.&nbsp; The talking yellow furball introduced itself, herself Kayla corrected herself, having noted the feminine tone in the creature's voice, told the irritated human what she could, and then promptly began to make her own comments about her being a...a what?&nbsp; Digimon?&nbsp; Kayla blinked her gray eyes as she knelt down so they didn't have to stare down at the small ball of golden fur with her cute little ears and tail.&nbsp; <strong>"Huh?&nbsp; Digi....mon?&nbsp; What the Hell is a Digimon exactly?&nbsp; I'm a human, not a...whatever you are.&nbsp; And while I <em>can </em>swim, I didn't get in the water or come out of it, thankfully."</strong>&nbsp; Calming down despite the fact she was talking to such a strange creature despite the very odd situation she was in, Kayla was about to say more when Pokomon started chewing on her pant leg.&nbsp; Despite herself, Kayla chuckled and gently pulled Pokomon away from her leg by putting her hands on either side of the creature's body before holding her up in front of her face.&nbsp; Gently turning her this way and that, Kayla couldn't help but marvel at Pokomon's soft fur between her fingers as she got a good, long look at the little creature between her hands.&nbsp; <strong>"You're quite the curious one aren't you?&nbsp; Can't say I blame you though, you're certainly not like anything I've ever seen before.&nbsp; And no, I'm not wearing armor, it's just clothes is all, kinda like your fur, but I can take my 'fur' off."</strong>&nbsp; She chuckled again, feeling....strangely happy with holding the Digimon as she was.&nbsp; Something just felt right about all this as she looked around before setting Pokomon gently back on the ground.<br><br><strong>"So, Crystal Lake, nice name, certainly fits.&nbsp; But where are we exactly, do you know?"</strong>&nbsp; Kayla started, and let her eyes sweep the beautiful, crystalline lake before them.&nbsp; The image of that grey light enveloping her kept flashing behind the dark skinned woman's mind, so she decided to take a chance.&nbsp; She wasn't stupid, she knew something extraordinary had happened, now it was just a matter of putting the pieces together.&nbsp; <strong>"So....Pokomon right?&nbsp; Did you see anything unusual earlier?&nbsp; I somehow got here in a flash of gray light or something, that's all I know for sure.&nbsp; I was somewhere else before that, I was on my way home, and then I found myself here after that light grabbed me."</strong>&nbsp; There was probably little point in trying to tell the gold furball that she had come from a giant city on another world, if that was indeed what had happened, so Kayla was keeping things simple for now until she had a better idea of what she was dealing with.&nbsp; Whatever Pokomon's answer though, Kayla's eyes finally fell on the gigantic stone monolith in the distance.&nbsp; Pointing to the stone marker, and picking up Pokomon so she could see the stone monolith if she hadn't ever seen it before, she'd set the Digimon down as gently as before before kneeling down again.&nbsp; <strong>"Sorry for kinda snapping at you a moment ago, but all this is pretty out there for me.&nbsp; This has never happened before, so I'm way out of my element.&nbsp; If you can help me out, you can stick by my side, alright?&nbsp; So, what say we head to that stone marker thing and see where things go from there?"</strong><br><br>She hoped Pokomon would agree because Kayla knew she'd be useful, given the simple fact the Digimon at her feet was a native resident of this place.&nbsp; Her chances would be most improved with the Digimon at her side, and while she knew this was an alliance of convenience, that same strange feeling of this being meant to be wouldn't go away.&nbsp; Whatever it was, Kayla was in no hurry to separate herself from Pokomon, not yet at least, not until she had more answers regarding where she was and where they were, and what dangers they might face along the way.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Amarlo</strong> on <strong>16-06-2016, 08:09:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E2RsII0.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Mei Sampson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.msg12395389#msg12395389) | Nyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ???<br><strong>Location:</strong> ???, Crystal Lake<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Betamon(NPC), Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> N/A<br><hr>”Okay, let me just make sure I have this straight.” Mei started as the three continued walking along the shore like they had been for the last five minutes. Well, most of them were walking - <i>Betamon</i>, or so they claimed his name to be, was swimming along the shallow water beside them, just tagging along for now. "This place we're in is called the <i>Digital World</i>, and <i>that</i> is called Crystal lake?" She motioned towards the massive lake beside them. "And you two think I <i>fell from the sky</i> in bright light - one of many apparently - and <i>landed</i> in Crystal lake. <i>Betamon</i> happened to be near and noticed me drowning, saved me, then brought me to shore where <i>Nyaromon--"</i>; She trailed off to glance down to the hopping little grey tuft of fur bouncing along beside her. ”—was trying to find a way into the water so she could investigate the falling light?”<br><br>“Yup!” <br>”And you’re both living creatures called Digimon…?”<br>”And you’re something called a hoomon.” Nyaromon confirmed.<br><br>“<i>Hemon.</i>” Betamon tried to correct, ready to send the two into yet another bout of their little bickering matches. Mei rolled her eyes but couldn’t help the faint smile that tugged at the corners of her lips – they reminded her of Elias and herself, when they were a couple of bratty children. ”<i>Hue-man</i>” She interrupted them before they could even start at it again. The two blinked to her, then amongst themselves. If they were capable of shrugging then she’d have to say that was exactly what the two of them did. ”But my name is Mei.” She finally introduced and Nyaromon bound up into her arms and beamed, ears perked. ”Hi Mei! I’m Nyaromon and I’m an adventurer! I want to see <i>everything</i> the digital world has to offer.” Mei found herself blinkingly slowly at that creature. Why did it seem like the little thing was feeding her some sort of sales pitch? <br><br>“Oh boy, here it comes…” Well, apparently Betamon had heard it before?<br>Nyaromon blew a raspberry at the green beast. ”Anyways, what I’m trying to say is I wanna <i>everything</i> - Natural, unnatural, especially weird or strange – I wanna see it! So what I’m trying to ask here is… Well this <i>boyfriend</i> thing of yours, is he as bizarre as you are?”<br>“Nyaromon!” Betamon gasped, appalled by her blunt behavior. “This is why nobody wants to be your friend! You’re so <i>rude</i>!” He chastised further and the feline’s tail twitched irritably, a glower shot towards him. <br><br>”Shuddup! I don’t need any friends! I can take care of myself!” She harrumphed and turned her back to him. “Well fine! Guess you don’t need me then either!” And with that the Betamon turned and dove into the depths of the lake.&nbsp; Nyaromon’s tail twitch with that same agitation, but her ears slowly lowered over the top of her head. Mei sighed as her shoulders slumped, her eyes drifting closed as the weight of this hopeless situation started to bear down on her. <br><br>”I’m sorry, Nyaromon, but I don’t have time for this.” She set the cat blob down in the sand with a frown. ”I really need to find my br—boyfriend… He’s very important to me and this is slowing me down.” Mei tried not to look down into the creature’s eyes, tried to focus herself on the path ahead of her but as she started to walk the grey furred animal seemed intent on bouncing after her. ”Wait, I can help you!” She called and Mei almost faltered. ”Really! I’m serious. I can! If other <i>hoomans</i> were in those lights I bet I know where they’d all most likely go!” And that finally stopped Mei in her tracks. <br><br>”Where?” <br>”The Skyrock! It’s at the center of this whole island and you can see it from every end. If I were lost, that’s where I’d head to get my footing again.” The thing really was quite adorable with how proudly she explained that. Apparently she felt very smart for thinking that sort of thing up, and as Mei cast a glance towards this ‘Skyrock’ thing she honestly couldn’t refute the logic. It just made sense for anyone to head towards the most noticeable landmark in the area. <br><br>”To the Skyrock it is then!”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil Tanner</strong> on <strong>16-06-2016, 12:50:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://data.whicdn.com/images/17088347/large.jpg)<br>(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/digimonat/images/f/fd/Pagumon_t.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140820145802&amp;path-prefix=pt)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Elias Wright<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Deepwood<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Pagumon (NPC), Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>It didn't take long for Elias to regret asking Pagumon to come with him; as much as Elias attempted to maintain a nice, peaceful atmosphere of silence between the two of them - lest he <em>actually</em> decide to give Pagumon a hefty kick - Pagumon seemed intent on preventing it, judging by the way he just <em>wouldn't shut up</em> all the way through the forest. Elias had tried increasing his pace, but Pagumon just switched to bouncing along the tree branches instead of the ground in order to use their spring to give him extra bounce, and Elias was getting fed up. He did his best to ignore him - everything he said was met by a snarky or dismissive comment on Pagumons part - but it was growing increasingly difficult to tune him out just because of the sheer amount of <em>shit</em> he was spewing. You would have thought that it would get easier as he got used to it, but no, it was quite the opposite. They'd only been walking for something like ten minutes, and already Elias wanted to <em>kill</em> something...preferably Pagumon, if he was honest, but he couldn't quite justify it in his head. The little "Digimon" was only talking, after all, and apparently Elias needed him to get to The Skyrock in good time. The little ball of snark and frustration-inducing chatter claimed to know several shortcuts that would get them there faster, and how to avoid the major obstacles like rivers and caves that went nowhere and larger Digimons hunting grounds...it was true that they hadn't encountered anything as of yet and they'd already made a couple of sudden turnings to take certain routes, but...well, Elias had no way of knowing whether these were necessary, or if Pagumon was just making it up as he went along. That kind of bothered him, but...well, there wasn't really anything he could do about it, now was there?<br><br>"-I mean, the forests in any place 'r pretty dangerous if y' just go stumblin' off on y'r own, y'know? But Paradise Basin, well, it attracts all diff'rent kinds'a Digimon on account of its wide variety'a habitats, so a'course it's gonna attract pretty dangerous Digimon as well as fluffy types like me, y'know? 'S why you gotta be careful, gotta have s'mbody who knows his way aroun' like me! Gotta keep y'self outta trouble if y're gonna go find y' "Girlfriend," whatever that is." It paused, as if waiting for Elias to say something. He did that occasionally, though Elias didn't really think it mattered what he said; whatever he said, he got what Pagumon likely <em>thought</em> was a witty comment in return, and then he went off on another of his long spiels...honestly, Elias was beginning to believe that those pauses were just to make sure that Elias was still half-paying attention, and he really had no desire to keep playing the game. If he pretended to switch off - which was what he was trying to do anyway - perhaps Pagumon would get bored and <em>stop talking.</em> So....Elias said nothing. "Hey! Hoomon! You payin' attention?" <br>"No."<br><br>Pagumon huffed. "Some people, I tell ya! Y'do 'em a solid, y' go out of y' way to help 'em out, y' take time out of your day to stop 'em getting eaten, and this is the thanks y' get! Really, I don' know why I bother tryin' to explain all this t'y'!" <br>"Neither do I." Elias stated simply, not even looking at Pagumon. Hopefully this would shut him up...he had indeed largely not been paying attention past "Stop talking or I will hurt you." Well, he <em>had</em> picked up the important points; the world they were in at that moment was apparently called the Digital World, where all matter was Digital in nature - even him, now that he was in it - and wildlife worked in very different ways to in the "Real World." There was little physical differentiation between members of the same species, and every species - due to being made up of similar data - had certain traits that most members of that "Species" possessed. There were also apparently different "levels" of Digimon, but at that point, Pagumon had gone off on a tangent about the "Un-earned arrogance of Champions" and Elias had switched off. <br>"Y'know, y' should really be nicer t' people who're tryin' to help ya, y'know? I mean, what've I done t' deserve such treatment? Y' need t' take a long hard look at y'self and really work on your attitude. By that, I mean y' should really try to stop being such an asshole." <br><br>Elias's eye twitched. He was starting to <em>really</em> hate Pagumon and his non-stop talking and his self-righteous, snarky attempts to bait him into a rise...it was obvious that Pagumon was doing it to try and provoke a reaction from him - nobody would snipe at him as much as Pagumon was if they weren't doing it deliberately - and damnit, it was starting to work. He wanted to give Pagumon a good kick, then storm off in the other direction even though he knew he needed him to reach Mei safely...at least, he knew that was what Pagumon claimed, and he couldn't take the risk that he was telling the truth. Honestly, the thought of getting back to His Mei was all that kept him in check; he'd never been the best at keeping his emotions in line, and ever since he and Mei had been split up when they were younger, his temper had grown out of control. She'd always been the more mellow, more calm, more passive of the two of them and always served as a leash of sorts to keep him in check, but when she was removed, his intense emotional responses and his temper in particular had gotten out of hand - he could recognise that much about himself, at least - and now he was....rather quick to anger, especially where Mei was involved. But likewise, if Mei was the reason he was keeping his temper under control...well, she was still acting as a leash for him, and he appreciated that. But unfortunately, Pagumon was beginning to try even his Mei-Reinforced patience more than a little.<br><br>He turned his head to snap at Pagumon, opening his mouth to give him a piece of his mind...and a guttural, bestial snarl echoed across small beaten track they were following. He froze, and he could see that Pagumon did too, his usual shit-eating grin frozen in place. They turned to look behind them, towards the source of the sound...Elias was actually a bit too scared to actually <em>want</em> to look - Pagumon had said something about bigger, more dangerous creatures, and that snarl had sounded <em>decidedly</em> unfriendly - but he did anyway, forcing his head to turn as Pagumon rotated on the spot. What he saw there was...not the worst it could have been, he supposed, but it was still not particularly encouraging. Standing behind them on the track, staring at both of them with deep, crimson eyes, crouched what looked to be a large, slender dog...but not like any dog Elias had ever see, that's for certain. Its frame was similar to that of a greyhound - a narrow stomach and waist, long, powerful legs and an elongated, unimpressed looking muzzle - but its muscles rippled as it crouched leaning backwards with the unmistakable power of a dangerous, practised predator. It snarled again, revealing lines of sharp canine teeth, its black fur bristling as its brown paws clawed at the earth beneath it slowly. Its spiked collar gleamed in the sunlight, but somehow, Elias doubted that it belonged to <em>anybody.</em> Small red gem-like protrusions pulsed softly from inside each of its legs, but it was the sharp, long, wicked looking claws and the razor-sharp blades sprouting off from the back of its haunches that caught Elias's eye. Those...did not look pleasant. <br><br>"W-what's a <em>Dobermon</em> doing <em>here?!</em>" whispered Pagumon frantically as it glanced about, looking for an escape route.<br>"You're asking <em>me?!</em> I got here less than half an hour ago! I don't even know what that thing is!"<br>Pagumon glanced at him, but another snarl pulled his attention back towards the d- Um, Dobermon, he supposed. "I'll give you the full encyclopedia entry later, but for now, we just need to <em>not die.</em> It's going to pounce as soon as we move. So..." Pagumon took a deep breath...and then did something that Elias could not have guessed in a million years, and something that surprised him far more that the appearance of a glowing red dog. It opened its mouth, cried out the single most inappropriate word in the world - "BUBBLES!" - and out fired a stream of rapidly-moving bubbles, straight at Dobermon. The first few hit the new Digimon and exploded, causing a surprised yelp to sound from the creature, and for a precious few moments, Elias dared to hope that this extremely unexpected, almost adorable and surely ineffective attack - really, how could <em>bubbles</em> hurt <em>anybody?</em> - actually might startle the creature into fleeing...but alas, the yelp turned into a snarl, and a moment later the Dobermon was sailing through the air in a growling pounce of fur and teeth and claws, straight towards where Pagumon was perched on his branch. <br><br>Apparently, however, Pagumon had been anticipating this - so apparently it was his plan all along, since as Elias had initially expected, the bubbles did less than nothing - and had bounced off of the branch as soon as the bubbles had left his mouth, leaving an empty branch for Dobermon to crash into. Pagumon landed in Elias's arms as the Dobermon crunched through the branch, the splintering crashing sound echoing through the forest around them as Dobermon landed in a tangle of leaves, limbs and shattered wood. "What are you waiting for, a Digi-Damned invitation?! <em>Run, you moron!</em>" Elias shook his head sharply; right! He didn't even consider dropping Pagumon before he set off - he was too focused on <em>actually running</em> to consider possibly lightening his load, and besides; as much as he wanted to give Pagumon, the shit-eating little fucker, a good kick, leaving him to be savaged by a demonic hound was too cruel, even for Elias. He had a short temper, yes, but he was <em>not</em> a heartless psychopath. Even as he heard the Dobermon shoving the branches off of it and the rustling of the bushes as it started to get to its feet, Elias was off, tearing off at as fast a sprint as he could, taking off through the trees in an attempt to put as much distance between him and Pagumon, and Dobermon. <br><br><div class="floatright">(http://wikimon.net/images/c/cf/Dobermon.jpg)</div>He didn't even really pay much attention to where he was going other than "this was the general direction we were going in the first place," just the distance. He had to find a way to lose this "Dobermon," and soon...he didn't feel like getting savaged by this thing, and he couldn't rightly lead it to Mei, now could he? But if it was anything like a Greyhound back home in more than just appearance...that was going to be difficult. He looked down as he ran. "One of the dangerous Digimon that you said you could avoid?" He panted as he got into his rhythm. He was fit, yes, but sprinting took a lot out of you, very quickly. He just needed to push through to his second wind, and he'd be fine...it was just his first wind that was flagging already. To be fair, he had had to vault more than a few low branches and high roots already, only ten seconds into his flight. <br><br>"Dobermons roam around the Plains! They're not even supposed to even <em>be</em> in the forest!"<br>"Well apparently this one wanted some shade!"<br>"If you've got breath for snark, you've got breath for speed, now <em>run faster!</em>"<br>"How about <em>you</em> carry <em>me,</em> pipsqueak?"<br>"And how about <em>you</em> stop being a prissy little bitch and save your breath for <em>running?!</em>"<br>Elias growled a little, but Pagumon was right...he had to save his breath for running, not arguing. Every word he said slowed him down, and that was not something he could afford right now...not with the sounds of distance pursuit and snarling behind him...and certainly not when they were gradually getting louder. He glanced down to see - despite the worry on Pagumons face - a small, self-satisfied shit-eating grin on his face again. Oh, Elias hated this thing...<em>now</em> he wished he'd just thrown him to Dobermon as a distraction. Well, that was a lie...but it was a thought that briefly crossed his mind. But fantasise later; run now. He could kick Pagumon once they were both not-dead...for now, he needed a plan to get rid of this mutt...and <em>quickly.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Galnius</strong> on <strong>17-06-2016, 05:15:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://t01.deviantart.net/U-xF6iRJ1FD_TCya5lhHld5vfyU=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/5cce/th/pre/f/2015/053/9/8/viximon_by_virogaming-d8j5ztr.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Pokomon<br><strong>Time:</strong> That one Time<br><strong>Location:</strong> Crystal Lake, Travelling<br><strong>Doing</strong>: Going to Crystal lake after a nice chat <br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr>Pokomon was not expecting to be picked up. Not in the slightest, actually. The shock of it made her flail her little stubby legs in an attempt to find solid ground as she rose into the air. "Hey uh...who-men, can you put me down please ? &nbsp;She said, being even more off-put when Kayla began turning her. "Hoomen, down." <br><br>Finally getting her wish, Pokomon made she she had her land legs before answering the next question. "Well, Hoomen, I saw a few lights coming down. In fact,&nbsp; that's WHY I came this way, ummm...I think. This was the closest one. You say you came down in it? Are you sure?" Pokomon asked concerned. Well, I suppose you'd know better than m- Hey wait! <br><br>Once again Pokomon felt herself lifted, clearly not amused by it. She saw where Kayla was referencing, but refused to answer until she was placed safy on solid ground again. You want to head to skyrock? Well, I suppose I can&nbsp; show you the way. Just...please don't pick me up unless I ask you too, okay? With that, Pokomon began running back into the woods, calling behind her. C'mon Hoomin, this way!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pendarious</strong> on <strong>18-06-2016, 10:06:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/12/03/45/77/blackc10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/12034577/212)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tomoya Aizawa<br><strong>Time:</strong> is that really something that someone who just regained conciousness would know?<br><strong>Location:</strong> Central Plains (Some distance to the North East of Angela and Kyaromon)<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp;OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong>&nbsp;NONE<br><br><hr> <br><br>The harsh flash of light fallowed by weightlessness and then Darkness that was all that Tomoya had been aware of at first. The darkness itself was actually quite comforting after the bright flash though he kind of wished he didn't have to feel weightless as well. The next thing that his senses were aware of was a sharp pain as his body hit something hard. It was then that the darkness began to fade and again light became the dominant existence. "ugh...." he groaned softly to himself as his eyes rapidly blinked back into reality. He became aware that he was laying on something that wasn't quite soft but was actually rather scratchy. He soon regained focus and realized it was tall yellow/green grass. "What......the?" he asked himself rather slowly as he slowly looked from the grass to the bright blue sky overhead. "This.....how is it possible?" he asked as his attention was drawn to the fact that he was no longer inside the museum.<br><br>Slowly oh so tortureously slowly he began to stand up. Tomoya was quite familiar with the long winded task of drawing himself up from the ground and found it quite comforting in a strange way. Once he was on his feet he began to look around noticing that the terrain would suggest he was somehow on some plains somewhere quite possibly the American midwest. There was one feature however that caught his eye as he looked at it "a pillar?" he asked himself now curious to see what sort of story the pillar itself had to tell because that was not made by any civilization that he was familiar with. The monolith in the distance proved to be the driving factor that would from this day onward guide this young man's thoughts at least for a time anyway. He couldn't quite figure out how it was he had gotten here but for now that was a problem for another time. Now Tomoya was just trying to figure out where he would go but aside from the massive pillar there appeared to be no traces of life well none plant-life that is. With a heavy sigh he placed his pale hands into his jacket pockets and began to slowly walk towards the pillar. "Well may as well head there I'm almost certain that it would be the best place to potentially find a way back to where I used to be."<br><br>"They say that curiosity killed the cat...but then again supposing that the cat didn't actually die?" he mused to himself while creating a new scenario for the Schrodinger's Cat experiment. He was actually incredibly enthusiastic about heading towards this fascinating new worlds architectural marvel. What Tomoya was unaware of at the time was that time of being alone in this world was rapidly drawing to a close.&nbsp; "Hmm....what an odd place.....I don't recognize the fields either......" he couldn't place why he felt so compelled to continue his investigations. <br><br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>19-06-2016, 03:01:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayla Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; Heading to Skyrock, about to run into Mei and her new friend<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Running for Skyrock, on a crash course with Mei and her Nyaromon.&nbsp; Oops.&nbsp; ;D<br><strong>Tagging</strong>: Pokomon, Mei and her Digimon, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet<br><br>When Pokomon made her first protest known at being lifted, Kayla hardly heard her, having gotten lost in the moment of examining the strange little creature as she did.&nbsp; Still, it was when she did it a second time, after having her questions answered, although not in a satisfactory fashion, Kayla blushed and quickly moved to put the furball of gold, soft fur down.&nbsp; <strong>"Sorry, kinda got lost in the moment."</strong>&nbsp; She quickly said, before a frown crossed her face, and she looked down at Pokomon in mild annoyance.&nbsp; <strong>"And it's <em>human</em>, not hooman, or whatever you said.&nbsp; And yeah, I'm....pretty sure I came down in one of those gray beams of light.&nbsp; I just know I'm not supposed to be here, wherever here happens to be."</strong>&nbsp; Having gotten her point across, she hoped, Kayla sighed and put her hands on her hips as she turned her grey eyes on the horizon, where the massive stone marker could be seen poking over the trees.&nbsp; If nothing else, she had to admire the scenery, but standing around wouldn't get them anywhere.&nbsp; When the Pokomon started off, the human woman nodded and shot off like a rocket, easily keeping pace with the scrambling ball of gold fur and scarlet tipped ears.&nbsp; <strong>"Right behind ya!"</strong>&nbsp; She called out, a smirk plastered on her face since this at least they had in common, a love for the more physical arts.&nbsp; While they ran deeper into the woods, Kayla figured it was as good as any time to continue talking to her companion.<br><br><strong>"You said there were other beams of light that came down.&nbsp; Do you know anything else about them?"</strong>&nbsp; If there had indeed been others, then that meant there might be other people, like her, that had gotten dragged down to this world, or place, or whatever it was.&nbsp; While the thought had crossed her mind that this was some kind of vivid dream or hallucination, again she pushed the thought from her mind because something told her that this was all too real.&nbsp; Whatever it was that told her that, it brought a strange bit of comfort to the young woman as she ducked under low hanging branches or jumped over fallen logs with ease.&nbsp; She was no parkour expert, but she did well enough, navigating the tangled, foliage covered ground with little difficulty.&nbsp; That thought brought another as she gave Pokomon an apologetic glance from the corner of her eye.&nbsp; <strong>"And sorry for lifting you off the ground like I did earlier, as I said.&nbsp; I'll keep that impulse to myself, unless we need to make a fast getaway from something.&nbsp; Speaking of, I get the feeling there are other things out here to worry about.&nbsp; Mind telling me what you know about the locals?"</strong>&nbsp; Whatever information she could get now could potentially save them headaches later, at least that's what Kayla was thinking anyway.&nbsp; Something told her she was going to be there for quite a long time.&nbsp; Unfortunately, whatever else she might have said died on her lips when she took a blind turn a little too quickly, and saw a pretty young woman and some kind of long tailed, equally small gray furred creature.<br><br><strong>"SHIT!"</strong>&nbsp; Kayla cried out as she accidentally collided with Mei, sending them both falling to the dirt in a tangle of limbs.&nbsp; Letting out a groan, Kayla put a hand to her forehead and blinked her eyes as the dizziness from the collision slowly faded.&nbsp; <strong>"Ugh....that could have went better."</strong>&nbsp; Looking to her side, she was quick to realize that her butt was positioned perfectly so that Mei's eyes couldn't help but stare at her ripped jean clad backside.&nbsp; She let out a yelp and was quick to jump to her feet.&nbsp; <strong>"Fuck!&nbsp; You alright?&nbsp; I'm so sorry, truly.&nbsp; Um...uh....shit, this was not how I expected to meet another person out here, and I am glad I'm not the only one.&nbsp; Just uh....here, at least let me help you up.&nbsp; Again, I'm sorry for this."</strong>&nbsp; She said and held out her right hand to the pretty woman at her feet, her own dark cheeks several shades brighter at the mess she'd started by being so stupidly reckless.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kiric Rand</strong> on <strong>19-06-2016, 03:42:17</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft"> (http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/kiricrand/Morgan%20Robberts_zpsa1fu30ww.jpg) </div><strong>Name:</strong> Morgan Robberts / Caprimon<br><strong>Time:</strong>???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Hawkmon-Eye Heights, making his way toward Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Thankfully from this point on the walking had been easier, the steep cliffs giving way to more flatland, the barren earth starting to show signs of vegetation and life. ” Tell me this Caprimon. Why do you let other Digimon like that push you around? Don’t you want to get stronger so you can take them down?” Morgan really didn’t turn around to ask, his eyes always looking forward toward the tower that was the end point of their journey. ”You mean like Monochromon back there. Aww, he doesn’t mean anything by it. Everyone has to eat right; we just looked like a couple of bite sized snacks to him. Why should I get mad at him for that?”<br><br>”Maybe because he was trying to eat you. Bullies like that don’t learn unless you take them down by force; show them you aren’t afraid of them.” That was what he was working on after all wasn’t it? His fathers company had been taken right out from under him by those he trusted the most. And as soon as he could prove it, he was going to bring them down personally, make them feel the pain they had put him through for his entire life. Caprimon actually recoiled a bit at Morgan’s harsh words, the tone of anger in them making him top a bit. [olor=green]”I… I suppose you are right. But why should I be mad at him for doing what comes natural. It would be like you getting mad at another human for being human.”[/color] <br><br>”I never met another human I could trust. They all lie and steal their way to a better position in life, and they don’t care who they step on to get there.” The anger in Morgan’s voice started to grow more and more as they talked. ”So does this mean I can’t trust you? I like you Morgan, I don’t think you are like that at all.” Caprimon’s words made Morgan stop for a moment. Wasn’t he doing the same thing, stepping on everyone in his path in order to ger his justice against those who took his family?<br><br>No, this was different He had to remind himself that what he was doing was to bring those responsible to justice, to not allow them to get away with their crimes. So to that end he had to keep going, get out of this place, and find the final piece of data he needed to prove his case, then he could end this whole thing and finally be free of this pain. That was the whole point of doing all this. A though crossed his mind as he started walking again, making his way toward the tower. ”Caprimon, you called this place the Digital Realm, like digital data and the like right? So does that mean that all inds of data exist here?”<br><br>”I guess so, I never really thought about it before, but it would make sense that data from your world would exist here in our world.” Jackpot, maybe he didn’t have to get home to find what he was looking for, maybe it was here, hidden amongst this new realm. The thought almost brought a smile to his face for the first time in a long time. Maybe getting sent to his strange new words wasn’t such a bad thing after all. ”Morgan? Hello, are you there human?” The little puffballs voice snapped him out of his thoughts. ”Yeah, I’m here, just thinking about how to get home from here that is all. If this world really is made up of data, then maybe I can use that to my advantage.”<br><br>His mind raced with the possibilities of what he could do here. Only time would tell what would be made available to him once they reached the tower.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lynnie</strong> on <strong>19-06-2016, 04:48:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s574/lynniekitty/86c3cf26d300fe2ee5ffc321960f3c25_zps0abwkxha.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Angelia Grady<br><strong>Time:</strong> Unknown<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br><br>Blinking at the speed of which the little thing spoke. It was almost dazzling at the speed of which it spoke. It was almost bouncing as it spoke. It completely distracted her from being far away from everything and everyone she knew. She smiled at the tiny creature before her. Kyaromon was something she had always dreamed of meeting as it was something from her stories.<br><br>The Central Plains, she thought as she looked around, a plain area it definitely was. It was vast with its rolling hills and grass. She blinked as he started to speak again. As he mention he had never met an Angelia she wanted to laugh but attempted to hold it in but had failed as she started to giggle watching him bounce. Tilting her head as she looked at him, his curious eyes reminded her of the Cheshire Cat and his nature. So perhaps it was the reason she took an instant liking to this little creature.<br><br>Suddenly a flood of questions came pouring from his mouth and she barely comprehended them as she watched him race off, leaving a little trail of bent grass in his wake. She shook her head as she started to follow behind him. Sore and limping slightly from the fall she walked along trying to think of how best to answer his questions.<br><br>"Well, I'm from a place with lots of buildings, several devoted to different things, there isn't many places like this there. As far as more Angelia's I don't know but there are others that are similar to me. We are called humans." &nbsp;She spoke after a moment as she thought about how to best explain what a pet was when he mentioned if he could be hers and then mentioned berries."Well a pet if a creature that humans take care of. We feed them, bath them, brush them, and make sure they are healthy and happy. And um sure I don't think I would mind that at all."<br><br>She followed his path as he shouted back to her about if she was coming caused her to giggle and shake her head. Looking at the berry bush she could see the lowest branches had been stripped off of it's berries only the higher branches had any left and they were almost heavy with them. "These are the berries you mentioned? They look like they would be tasty." She smiled as she picked up Kyaromon and held him up towards the top of the bush where the berries were the biggest and probably the ripest since they had the most exposure to the sun.<br><br>"After you have eaten do you think you could help me get to the big rock you called Skyrock? Perhaps there are others here like me and they could help me figure out if this is a permanent place to live or if there is a way for me to eventually get home." She posed her question as she thought about if it would be possible for her to ever get home.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>InnocentSynn</strong> on <strong>20-06-2016, 02:03:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://wikimon.net/images/c/ca/Kyaromon2.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Kyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Angelica, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>Her explanation of her world was fascinating and he wanted to ask more questions later on.&nbsp; But for now, his mind was now on berries.&nbsp; And when she lifted him up to the highest branches, he couldn't help but let out a squeal of delight.&nbsp; Normally, he just got the bottom branches and they were usually the smallest and least tasty since he ate them fairly often and they didn't have time to get really ripe like these ones were.&nbsp; He ate his fill of them to the point that the bush was almost completely empty and he was stuffed.&nbsp; Looking over at her, he smiled sheepishly as his appetite had gotten the better of him and he'd eaten way too much.&nbsp; Once she set him down, he would settle down for a moment before he would answer her question about Skyrock.<br><br>"Skyrock?&nbsp; Oh I know how to get there!&nbsp; It's actually not all that far from here!" he said as he looked in the direction of the center of the Basin, "It won't take us more than a few hours or so if we don't run into anything that gets in the way.&nbsp; But I don't think that there is anyone else out there like you.&nbsp; I've traveled alot of this Basin and I've never seen a human before today.&nbsp; But if you think that'll help, I can take you there!&nbsp; And while we walk, then you can answer all my questions about your world, ok?&nbsp; But.....you might wanna carry me......I only have little legs so I wouldn't be able to keep up with you."<br><br>As he said that, he would wait for her to pick him back up.&nbsp; He was so light that she wouldn't have to strain herself to carry her.&nbsp; And once she did, he would indicate with his tail the direction that they had to travel, not that she really needed the help since it would be looming in the distance without much difficulty.&nbsp; As they went, he would try to keep his questions to a minimum at first, only asking one at a time so that she would have time to answer them.&nbsp; He asked basic questions at first, learning about her world in general.&nbsp; Vehicles and people fascinated him and he asked all sorts of questions about them, but eventually his curiosity would stop being about the world she came from and the girl in particular.<br><br>"So what about you?" he asked finally, "What sort of life do you have?&nbsp; What is your family like?&nbsp; And what about your friends?&nbsp; Come on, tell me tell me tell me!"&nbsp; He bounced gently in her arms like a large bouncy ball, clearly excited to learn about her, not having a clue about the darker secrets that hid in her past, nor that asking these simple questions may cause more problems than he could've ever imagined.&nbsp; He was just so curious about everything and since they were traveling together, it was inevitable that his curiosity would turn on her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Amarlo</strong> on <strong>20-06-2016, 06:53:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E2RsII0.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Mei Sampson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.msg12395389#msg12395389) | Nyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Crystal Lake, near Skyrock. <br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Betamon(NPC), Kayla, Pokomon, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> N/A<br><hr>For several minutes now Mei had been headed towards this <i>Skyrock</i> the strange creature in her arms had mentioned. For the majority of the walk Mei had been silent, which seemed to suit Nyaromon just fine. The little grey fur ball just kept on babbling and babbling to fill that void for the both of them, and Mei wasn’t particularly bothered by it either. It was a nice distraction from her anxiety riling thoughts. Mei was never very well known for being loud, although her brother might argue that point with her, she was usually quite content to let everyone else do all the talking. It wasn’t that she was particularly timid or anything, but she often found herself with very little to say. <br><br>Nyaromon, on the other hand, apparently had <i>plenty</i> to talk about. The fuzzy blob had brought up topics ranging anywhere from the berries she liked to eat most in the morning to her last experience with the last whatchamacallit she’d run into. One subject segued into another and then that one into the next. There was obviously no line for the little thing to follow, but rather an entire web she liked to bounce around at random. Mei just found herself shaking her head and chuckling more often than not – sometimes even rolling her eyes. She honestly <i>tried</i> to pay attention but it was honestly extremely hard when you were in such a new and foreign environment. The sounds bustling about in the near distance alone were enough to tease her curiosity while tugging at her nerves all in the same. <br><br>What if she was trapped here? From what Nyaromon described, there were a great deal of less than friendly ‘Digimon’ out there willing to take a bite out of her – and if something was willing to attack someone as harmless and adorable as the fuzzy grey fluff ball in her arms, then who <i>wouldn’t</i> they harm? Her brother - er… <i>boyfriend</i>, of all people, was well known for his abrasive way of dealing with things. What if he mouthed off to the wrong thing? What if he tried to fight some wild and dangerous animal?! Oh god, he <i>would</i>, wouldn’t he…? He was totally the type of person to turn around and try to punch a lion in the face! <br><br>”Are you even listening to me, Human?!” Huffed her cargo indignantly.<br>”Mei. My name is Mei, and yes, sorry.. I’m just worried.” She sighed, peeking down at her companion. <br>”About your <i>boyfriend</i> again? Is that all you can think about!”<br>”Yes, I’m worried about him – and no, he’s not the <i>only</i> thing I’m worried about. There could be other people lost out there too.” Mei frowned to herself. Other people out there possibly getting hurt or into all sorts of trouble. She nearly drowned within the first few seconds of being wherever it was that she was! Clearly there was plenty of danger in this place. <br>”People?”<br>&nbsp;“Other humans.”<br>&nbsp;“Ooooh! And are there other Meis too?”<br>”Other Meis?” She blinked. ”Well sure, there has to be. It’d be silly to think I was the only person out there with the name Mei.”<br>”You mean you don’t know?” Judging by the way Nyaromon was blinking at her, apparently this was a strange concept.<br>”Well, I mean… I know for a fact there has to be other people with my name out there, but I’ve never met one.”<br>”I’ve met tons of Nyaromons! I’m the coolest one though, so don’t worry. I’ll keep you safe.” She winked. <br>Mei paused. ”Wait, I’m confused. Is Nyaromon a really common name or something?”<br>”Well, no, but there are plenty of Nyaromons. We all have tails and ears, and are really cuuuute--” The little thing preened as she went on and on about other Nyaromon’s as if they were a species, rather than a name.<br>”Oooh… So are a Nyaromon, you’re not—“ And suddenly things were starting to make sense to her again. ”Okay, wait. I’m a human, you’re a digimon. I’m Caucasian, you’re Nyaromon. My <i>name</i> is Mei. What’s your name?”<br>”Nyaromon…” The creature stared back at her blandly. Apparently this was a really stupid question. <br>”So you’re a Nyaromon named Nyaromon…?” And that actually gained Mei a confused blink in response. <div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/kIhhJhf.png)</div><br><br>Either way, whatever conversation they would have had in the long run was rather violently interrupted. Both Mei and Nyaromon cried out as their world was turned on its side and thrown into a chaos of tangled limbs. Mei crashed to the ground, but not before she pointedly tossed Nyaromon from her arms so the poor thing wouldn’t get crushed beneath her fall. She cringed the moment she and whatever had collided with her impacted with the ground, then abruptly froze in place like a frightened deer caught in the headlights.&nbsp; Her eyes closed tightly shut and she cowered, her arms crossing over her face protectively. <i>Oh god</i>, there was something large laying on top of her… Well, large in comparison to Nyaromon, at least. Was this one of those violent Digimon Nyaromon had been speaking of?&nbsp; &nbsp;Whatever it was, it sure moved quick… And it new some pretty crass language to boot! <br><br>Mei blinked as her words sunk into her head and after a moment she peeked up at the cursing creature between parted fingers. Well look at that! She wasn’t just some other random, strange creature at all! This was a <i>human</i>. Mei couldn’t have looked anymore dumbfounded if she tried. <br><br>&nbsp;”Rwar!” Speaking of creatures... Nyaromon was quickly to Mei’s rescue, bounding sharply and tackling her little body in against Kayla’s right hip. ”Don’t worry, Mei! I’ll protect you!” The impulsive little beast proclaimed as she attempted to take poor Kayla down single handedly. <br><br>”Oh god! No!” Mei gasped as she sat up abruptly, eyes widening like saucers. Instantly she reached to grab Nyaromon away from the poor woman, even as the creature struggled against her hold with vicious little snarls and growls that came with every snap of her sharp little teeth. ”It’s okay! I don’t think she meant to hurt us!” Mei exclaimed as she tried to keep the strong little bugger from attacking further. ”I am so sorry!” All the color drained from Mei’s features as her gaze flit to Kayla apologetically. Nyaromon settled down by then at least, blinking between the two of them. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Galnius</strong> on <strong>20-06-2016, 07:21:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://t01.deviantart.net/U-xF6iRJ1FD_TCya5lhHld5vfyU=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/5cce/th/pre/f/2015/053/9/8/viximon_by_virogaming-d8j5ztr.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Pokomon<br><strong>Time:</strong> Today<br><strong>Location:</strong> Travelling, a crash site<br><strong>Doing</strong>: Interactions on the road<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Mei/Nyaromon, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr>Pokomon was quite impressed at the hue-mens way of travel, the long legs of this dark creature overcoming obstacles easily whilst Pokomon struggled to climb some logs. However, Pokomon still felt it necessary to answer her questions whilst struggling to keep up. "All I know *huff* is that they popped up everywhere *huff*. Another one seemed to *grunt* come up near crystal lake, another in *puff* Deep Wood *grunt* and all over the place."<br><br>&nbsp;Pokomon struggled over a log, having to work extra hard to catch up with Kayla,&nbsp; not allowing her to slow down in the slightest. It was good running training, after all, and slowing down would be like giving up. Anyway, she was getting used to this. "Also, I see no issue with the past liftings, as I had not asked you not to. You don't look like a psychic hue-men. As for other digimon, there's some really nice ones in villages. Then there are more wild digimon, who like to attack you. Then there is some of like..."<br><br>Pokomon stopped short, her stubby legs allowing a quick deceleration that helped her avoid the mess. Chaos seemed to ensue, as something that looked like a hue-men collided with Kayla,&nbsp; or the other way around. She seemed to have a digimon with her as well. Not just any digimon, though. The annoying, overly talkative, troublemaker Nyaromon.&nbsp; "Nyaromon, away from the hue-men, or I'll have to use my killing stone on you" Pokomon said sharply. She turned toward the other hue-men, Mei, addressing her specifically. "Hello, I'm Pokomon. Are you a rookie or champion of Hue-men? I mean...you are smaller..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil Tanner</strong> on <strong>20-06-2016, 14:59:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://data.whicdn.com/images/17088347/large.jpg)<br>(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/digimonat/images/f/fd/Pagumon_t.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140820145802&amp;path-prefix=pt)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Elias Wright<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Deepwood<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Pagumon (NPC), Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>Elias ran like that for what felt like <em>hours,</em> desperately vaulting over logs and ducking under branches, pushing through leaves and bushes in a wild, desperate attempt to escape the beast pursuing them. It was tough going, what with Pagumon sitting nestled in his arms and thereby requiring him to use only one hand in clearing away obstacles, but adrenaline was a marvellous thing; he knew that stopping or slowing down would likely mean death for the both of them, and that meant that he wouldn't get to see Mei again, that he would get to make sure that she was ok, that he wouldn't get to run away with her to start a new life, free from that accursed system that tried to separate them for so long...and that in turn gave him all the strength he needed in order to cope with the difficulty of his flight as he pushed his body as far as it could go, pounding his legs as fast as he could, never allowing himself to as much as slow down in case he couldn't speed up again...his breath came in ragged, uneven pants, tearing painfully against his throat and nose as his lungs heaved in protest...he was in shape, yes, and he had plenty of stamina, but nobody could run at full-speed, at the edge of their endurance for overly long. It was why Olympic Sprints rarely lasted more than ten or twenty seconds; even Olympic-level Athletes couldn't run at top speed for longer. That was the entire point of a sprint, after all...but he had no choice. It was either sprint, or die.<br><br>He crashed through the trees with reckless abandon, desperately trying to think of something....evidently, they couldn't kill it. A crash through a tree had only winded the thing, and if Pagumon said that he couldn't hurt it, then Elias had to believe him; he lived in this world, after all, and Elias didn't. He didn't know anything about the wildlife or their capabilities, and if Pagumon thought they should run, it at least meant that Pagumon himself couldn't hope to beat that thing....what did he call it? Dobermon? Well, at least the name was somewhat familiar, even if it only looked <em>vaguely</em> like its Earth counterpart. And yes, he was starting to think that they weren't on Earth any more...too many strange creatures and unfamiliar terrains for it to be anywhere near where he considered home, and as far as he knew, Earth didn't have any unexplored areas that matched the geography of this place - surely somebody would have noticed something as huge as The Skyrock, right? - and they definitely didn't have talking bouncing blobs that could fire exploding bubbles. That would have been front page news and common knowledge, if it was the case...so, he was on an alien world, being chased by an alien that he had no idea the capabilities of, no weapons and no allies save a little creature that was useless in this situation that he didn't really like all that much anyway. He wasn't going to lie, he'd been in better positions before.<br><br>And then....the trees stopped. Or rather, they continued, but the grass beneath his <em>feet</em> stopped sharply as he stumbled into a small clearing, the ground giving way to mud and rock for a few feet more, and then dropped into a sheer mini-cliff...and a raging river. The are around him was clear of trees and grass and bushes, leaving him nowhere to hide, with a wide, rapidly coursing river raging in front of him, the water churning and spitting almost mockingly. He looked at the other side, a good nine or ten feet away from his side of the riverbed, and grimaced...he could probably throw Pagumon that far, but he didn't think he could jump it...he looked up into the sky and - annoyingly - it seemed that the canopy of branches that seemed so omnipresent only ten minutes ago didn't extend across the river, and the closest branches to the other sides trees were flimsy, to say the least....one iota of his weight on one of those things would snap them, and he'd go plunging either into the river, or into the Dobermon's jaws. Neither seemed very appealing. In his arms, Pagumon groaned. <br>"Well, good job, numbskull. You took a wrong turn, and now we're both going to die."<br><br>Anger welled up within him...he was going to die in a foreign land, without getting to say goodbye to the only person who ever really loved and cared about him, and this little bastard - who hadn't really helped at all in his flight from the Dobermon - dared to blame him? "Now listen here, you fucking ingrate! I didn't hear you giving me any directions as I ran, and I could have dropped you at any point to serve as a distraction for that thing. I'm sure it would have <em>loved</em> a new chew toy! So if you don't want me to throw you to it in an attempt to escape, you'll shut up and let me think."<br>Pagumon, as perhaps Elias should have expected, bristled, his eyes narrowing as he opened his mouth...but an all too familiar guttural growl cut him off. They stared at each other, anger replaced by fear, as they turned to face the Dobermon who was just stalking out of the trees....Elias's heart sank. It barely looked even <em>vaguely</em> out of breath, and now that he'd stopped, Elias could feel just how ragged and painful his chest felt, protesting against the sudden, agonising exercising he'd put it through. Running again wasn't an option; his entire body screamed against such a notion, and he knew that if he tried it again, he'd likely just fall over instead.<br><br>The Dobermon took a slow step forwards, snarling deeply, prompting Elias to take a slow, cautious step backwards...almost off the river bank and into the river as he felt his heel slip off of solid ground and into empty space. He winced a little, glancing behind him at the swiftly flowing river. He swallowed nervously, terror and panic pounding in his chest, his heartbeat loud and demandingly overwhelming in his ears. He needed an escape plan, and quickly....but if he made a break for it in either direction, Dobermon would pounce and most probably catch them...and it would be over. Whatever lead they had from tricking it earlier had gone, and if it was like any other dog back home, it wouldn't fall for the same trick twice. It would wait for him to move, then attack where he was going rather than where he'd been, so tricking it into the river was unlikely to work...but...what if he didn't? What if...what if he took Pagumon and just....jumped into the river? Human bodies floated, after all, and he only needed to swim long enough to get to the other side...it would wipe out their scent, and Dobermon would have to go the long way round to follow them, by which point, they'd be long, long gone...right? He supposed it was possible that he drowned - considering how tired he was, if the current was 1% more powerful than he expected, that would probably be the case - but a certainty of death vs a possibility of death? Well, only one had a chance at life. Not the best idea in the world...but the only one that might get them out of this.<br><br>He lifted Pagumon up to his shoulders slowly. "Hold on." He could feel Pagumon frown, even as he wrapped his ear-arm-like-things around his neck tightly. <br>"Why? We gonna fly away?"<br>"No....not <em>fly....</em>we're going to jump."<br>A pause, then Elias felt Pagumon glance behind them, then start shaking its...head? Body? Not important. "No! No no no! No no no no n-" Too late. Elias had already turned and hurled himself off the river bank, soaring through the air and away from Dobermon...he faintly heard Dobermon collide with the ground where Elias had been standing, followed by crumbling rock and a yelp as - he assumed - Dobermon scrambled to avoid falling into the river...and then that was the last thing he remembered of the surface. Water crashed into his body, soaking his skin and clothes through, knocking the oxygen from his lungs with the force of a several megaton punch, shocking his system awake where before it had been lethargic in exhaustion. He flailed, scrambled in panic as he felt water leaking into his lungs, felt his hands gripping on nothing as his vision began to blur, the current pulling him roughly along with no care for his comfort or well being...was Pagumon still on his shoulders? It was so hard to tell anything in this wet, bleak blackness....his thought processes started to slow down, he could feel them fading, he no longer knew which was was up or down....icy terror gripped his heart as he started to realise his mistake...how could he swim in a fast flowing river when he could barely <em>run?</em> He was going to die...he was going to drown...he closed his eyes, unable to keep them open any longer...<br><br>And then he broke the surface. Suddenly his face and head felt the warm breeze of fresh air, water spilled out of his lungs and stomach as he coughed and retched, delicious, glorious oxygen filling his lungs once more as he gasped a deep breath, even as he was pulled along by the current...he bobbed underwater again, but now that he knew which way was up, he quickly kicked as hard as his screaming legs could manage and broke the surface again, spluttering. He looked around at the quickly passing banks to find that Dobermon was nowhere in sight...and he was surprisingly close to the opposite bank. He gasped for breath, then kicked again, trying to push himself perpendicular to the current...it was hard going, struggling to fight the current, stretching out his arm to try and grip something, anything....but he managed it, eventually brushing his fingertips, then his fingers, then his whole hand along the bank, gripping the grass and dirt and rocks tightly. The force of his stop almost wrenched his hand from its new handhold, but he held tight, pulling and kicking himself closer until he was able to get both hands on the bank, pulling himself up onto it with aching, trembling arms. The first attempt ended in failure, his body plunging back into the water as his arms gave out, but his second attempt was more successful, managing to heave his torso onto upper land, where he was able to pull his legs out after him.<br><br>He lay there, panting and chest heaving, seeking more and more delicious oxygen as he regained his breath...and he actually smiled. They were alive, and they'd managed to escape that <em>fucking</em> mutt! He laughed suddenly, overcome with the joy and relief of actually <em>living,</em> and a turn of his head told him that Pagumon was alive too...wet and coughing and looking none too happy, but alive. He lay there for a minute or so more, just...basking in his accomplishment...but his mind returned quickly to more serious matters. Mei. If Dobermon had almost killed Elias, what could Mei be dealing with at that very moment? He grimaced, his good mood gone....he needed to get to The Skyrock, and quickly, if only to make sure that he had somewhere to start searching. He swallowed, preparing himself mentally for a moment, then pushed himself into a sitting position, his arms groaning in protest. He shook his head, took another moment, then forced himself to his feet despite his legs agonised begging to be left alone. He staggered a little, but managed to keep himself upright despite the exhaustion and pain he felt in most of his joints and his lungs. He coughed up some more water, then shook his head, stooping to pick up Pagumon....fucking hell, even the relatively light Pagumon felt like a lead ball with the current state of his arms. He grimaced. This wasn't going to be a fun journey, but....it had to be made. "Come on," he said as he settled Pagumon on his shoulders again. "We still have a way to walk..."<br><br>Pagumon groaned. "Next time you do that, leave me out of it."<br>"We're alive, aren't we?"<br>"Define 'Alive,' because I <em>feel</em> like death..." He coughed again, but Elias ignored him. They were alive, they were moving....and that was what mattered. He put one screaming foot in front of the other, then again, then again, getting his legs used to moving at a walking pace once more...after the first few steps, the aching disappeared, replaced by comfortable routine, and before long his stiff, aching joints had begun to loosen up a bit, to the point where he was no longer in pain...he was just a bit tired and achy. Thankfully, that seemed to be the extent of it. He grimaced a little as he stumbled, but managed to keep his balance, straightening himself up. He was achy, he was tired, he was waterlogged and he was certain he'd probably bruised something...but he was ok. The aches were disappearing as he moved, he was able to ignore the tiredness, bruises were nothing new, and in the blisteringly hot sun, his clothes were already beginning to feel noticeably drier...he was alive, healthy and well. That was more than he'd been expecting during his flight from Dobermon, at least...but in retrospect...Dobermon would never have been able to keep him from his beloved Mei. Nothing in the universe could do that for long, not even death itself. He looked up at The Skyrock, visible from between the trees in the distance, though significantly closer than it had been before; apparently the river had dumped him relatively close by...that, at least, was lucky, though he didn't intend to use that mode of transportation again particularly soon. <br>"I'm coming, Mei...hold on." he murmured to himself, as he disappeared once more between the trees.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>22-06-2016, 04:27:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayla Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; Crystal Lake, heading to Skyrock, with Mei and her new friend<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Talking to Mei and her Nyaromon.<br><strong>Tagging</strong>: Pokomon, Mei and her Digimon, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet<br><br>Giving Pokomon a long, withering glare at the threat she gave the other woman's....Digimon?, Kayla sighed and held up a hand to stop Mei from apologizing further.&nbsp; <strong>"It's alright, as I said it was my fault for being in such a damned hurry.&nbsp; And easy there furball, I'm not against using you as a soccer ball if you keep bearing your teeth at us.</strong>"&nbsp; Killing someone was a bit extreme, but apparently threatening bodily harm wasn't outside of the woman's tolerance, a strange distinction but one that was still worth noting as she looked between the rather....odd, group that had gathered in the middle of the forest, with the beautifully placid Crystal Lake at their backs off in some distance behind them.&nbsp; Dusting herself off, she did give the two they had ran into an, amused sidelong glance before crossing her arms under her chest.&nbsp; <strong>"I'm not planning to hurt either of you, so you can relax, whatever you are."</strong>&nbsp; This she directed at Nyaromon, before nodding to Mei.&nbsp; <strong>"And as I also said, I'm glad I'm not the only one that somehow ended up here.&nbsp; The name's Kayla, and this little golden ball of fuzz is apparently called Pokomon.&nbsp; From what she was telling me, I'm going to go off on a limb here and say you wound up here the same way I did, through some kind of gray, strange light that snatched us up wherever we happened to be at the time.&nbsp; Am I getting warm here?"</strong>&nbsp; She asked, hoping she was on the right track, because if she was wrong, she was going to feel pretty stupid.<br><br>Whatever Mei and her Digimon's response though, Kayla would start moving towards SKyrock once more, with or without Mei and her Digimon in tow.&nbsp; <strong>"Whatever the case, we were heading for Skyrock.&nbsp; If there are others around here that got sucked in the same way I did, then I figure that's where they'd head to as well.&nbsp; You're free to come along if you like.&nbsp; I'm hoping if we put our heads together, we might find a way to get home.&nbsp; My grandmother's probably wondering why I haven't stopped by the dojo by now."</strong>&nbsp; She mused, the end of her comment directed more at herself than anyone around her.&nbsp; Still, she'd give Mei a curious glance, finally taking a moment to actually look the woman over beyond to see if she was alright after their unexpected tumble in the grass.&nbsp; She was indeed quite pretty, but she could tell at a glance that she was not exactly physically fit, not like she was at least.&nbsp; She was soft, and she likely had the personality to match if she was any judge, but that didn't necessarily mean it was a bad thing, just that Kayla was expecting waterworks to start up at any moment.&nbsp; She'd gone out of her way to protect the weak and easily upset, but such mindsets here she had a feeling wouldn't help her in the long run.&nbsp; Especially with what Pokomon had told her on the run here.&nbsp; No, if she were an accurate judge of character based on appearances alone thus far, and what little of Mei's mannerisms she had seen upon crashing into her, she'd need to toughen up.&nbsp; There was only one way to find out.&nbsp; She needed to get to know the woman, preferably without her tagalong interrupting her at every turn.&nbsp; <strong>"So, what's your story?&nbsp; What do you think of all this?</strong>"&nbsp; She asked point blank, making it apparent that she wasn't one for beating around the bush.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>pendarious</strong> on <strong>24-06-2016, 09:08:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i35.servimg.com/u/f35/12/03/45/77/blackc10.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/12034577/212)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tomoya Aizawa<br><strong>Time:</strong> is that really something that someone who just regained conciousness would know?<br><strong>Location:</strong> Central Plains slowly plodding along towards skyrock (Slowly closing the distance from the North East of Angela and Kyaromon)<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> NONE<br><br><hr> <br><br>Tomoya had no idea where he was nor what the tall pillar in the distance was but his gut told him that it was his best bet to keep along the course that he was walking towards the giant pillar. His steps were slow and it seemed as though the distance between him and the pillar wasn't really shrinking any but he knew that the reality of the affair was the opposite. He decided to take his time to admire the scenery around him as he continued his purposeful stroll. He was pretty sure that the plains would all look the same no matter how much he willed them to look different. He heaved a heavy sigh and stopped looking around like a moron and simply kept his eyes on his surroundings as a precautionary measure instead keeping his focus on the tall pillar.<br><br>"So...I find myself in a new place and all I find is dullness" he was rather annoyed by this fact but never the less he kept himself moving. He was hoping to find something new to look at in order to distract himself from thinking aobut his loneliness. Still he supposed this was better than waking up tied up or locked up or something else like you sometimes see in movies or in games. "If i'm supposed to be the protagonist in some fantasy adventure then this is the crappiest opening stage ever" he remarked out loud half jokingly.&nbsp; Then his mind slowly shifted gears again. This time his thoughts turned back towards his garden at home "Ugh...all that work will be wasted if I don't get home soon...my poor plants will wither" he muttered this to himself. Yes his plants that had taken quite a bit of effort to get to where they were now. His grandparents had gotten him into the hobby of gardening and he did quite enjoy it. He found himself realizing just now that it was one of the most relaxing hobbies that he had considering most of his days consisted of school, study, and just tending to his own affairs. He didn't have many if any friends. Ever since his grandparents had begun to leave him to his own devices he realized he was getting lonelier and lonelier.<br><br>"Am I really so lonely that I consider the plants and my books my best friends?" he asked no one in particular. He shook his head then and set his focus back to the present. He decided it was best not to think any further on past matters and simply live in the present and only really looking toward the future. His slow pace continued to drudge along and he began to hum some random tune that came to him out of no where. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lynnie</strong> on <strong>25-06-2016, 04:34:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s574/lynniekitty/86c3cf26d300fe2ee5ffc321960f3c25_zps0abwkxha.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Angelia Grady<br><strong>Time:</strong> Unknown<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kyaromon, OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br><br>She giggled and smiled at her little friend and looked up at the rock once more. &nbsp;"That would be fine with me and carrying you would be just fine. You are very light and remind me of a little plushie." &nbsp;Bending down she picked up Kyaromon and she started to walk.<br><br>Their trip was pleaseant. A cool breeze accompanied them as they walked, it would be so different if it wasn't for the breeze, the sun shined down but the air didn't feel overly hot. The long grass didn't bother her as she walked along. Eventually she started to wondered if he could ride on her head.<br><br>She smiled as he asked her a couple more questions, then his question about her family and friends she slowed her walk. Not liking to talk about her past she sighed, "Well, I don't keep much company other than a couple of people. I have found you can't trust humans at all, you can be friendly and kind to them without trusting them. Even those who are meant to protect you like your parents and siblings ignore you or are the cause of your pain. I usually read books and befriend the people in the stories, they never change who they are no matter what."<br><br>She almost had him walk expect she snuggled him into her chest as she came to a complete stop. Forgetting for a moment he was a living creature verus her own teddy bear that laid on her bed at home. Never thinking anyone would question her about her life she decided that she would close herself off but Kyaromon made he open up more than she wanted too. Looking towards the big rock they were heading towards glad that it was only perhaps another four or five miles away.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Amarlo</strong> on <strong>25-06-2016, 13:13:31</strong>
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				<div align="center"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E2RsII0.jpg?1)</div></td><td></td><td><br><br><br><br><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Name:</strong> Mei Sampson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.msg12395389#msg12395389) | Nyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Nearing Skyrock. <br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Betamon(NPC), Kayla, Pokomon, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> N/A</div></td><td></td><td><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/kIhhJhf.png)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr>Nyaromon huffed, her grey fur bristling and standing on end as Pokomon threatened her. How dare she!&nbsp; How dare she think she could talk to the great and awesome Nyaromon like that! ”She’s a Mega, so you better back off, Pokomon!” The grey feline barked indignantly from Mei’s arms. Mei just found herself more than a little lost about this entire situation. Rookie? Champion? Mega? What exactly were they talking about…? <br><br>“There are Pokemon here too?” Mei blinked at the little yellow digimon owlishly when it introduced itself to her. Her head gave a subtle tilt. Well, she did <i>sort</i> or look kind of like a Pikachu… Just a deformed one. ”It’s nice to meet you. My name is Mei, what’s yours?” Okay, that question had to come off as a little retarded but it wasn’t like Mei knew any better. <br><br>Nyaromon, on the other hand, coughed and shrank back in Mei’s arms in embarrassment. ”Pokomon, that’s what her name is.” She tried to inform the human quietly, but it was too late. She already knew the jig was up. There was no way she’d be able to pass Mei off as a Mega now. A mega would have <i>known that</i> already… Erm, right? ”Anyways! This one is <i>mine</i>, Pokomon! And you can’t have her, so go away!” Nyaromon perked up, her tail and ears lifting in challenge. Mei rolled her eyes and just fussed the grey one’s hair between her ear and turned most of her attention on the other human in this equation. <br><br>&nbsp;”Well, I don’t know what color the lights were but yes, you’re pretty warm.” Mei offered with a small smile, her voice naturally quiet. You’d think she spent most of her life in a library, because that was exactly how she talked – like she was in a library. She looked like she just came from school too, because as she lifted from the ground and came to a stand – Nyaromon still hugged to her chest – she was clearly wearing a school uniform. It was a wet one at that, and now smeared with dirt along the backside thanks to her run in with Kayla. It wasn’t like one of those school uniforms you’d see in Japan, either – this was clearly one of those ones you’d see at a Catholic school. A blue plaid skirt hugged around her round hips, cinching snuggly where her white blouse used to be folded in by her waist but now spilled over the side haphazardly due to her fall and her near drowning. It was clear - with her red hair slickly clinging to her cheeks, neck, shoulders and back – that Mei had been in water recently. She even had the white knee high socks clinging to her toned calves. She was soft, that was sure, not nearly as toned as Kayla appeared, but there was just something graceful about the way she normally moved that made one think she might be a dancer or gymnast. <br><br>Easily enough, the little redhead moved to follow after Kayla without missing a beat. She seemed either content to let the woman lead or they just happened to be heading in the same direction – and it just so happened to be both with the latter being revealed. ”I’m headed towards Skyrock, as well.” She offered with that naturally hushed voice of hers, and even smiled some as she came in beside the taller girl. ”I’m trying to find my boyfriend. He was with me when I got surrounded by a light. I felt his hand get ripped from mine…” She murmured as she lowered her head and nuzzled her nose down into the top of Nyaromon’s head to hide the worried frown that had overtaken her lips – but it was clear as day in the way her eyes glimmered uneasily. ”I don’t really understand how I got here, but he has to be around here somewhere as well…&nbsp; Skyrock was the easiest thing to see from here and I thought that if he was nearby he might see it as well. It seemed like the best place to start at least.” At least she <i>hoped</i> he was around here somewhere, and that he’d head that way. It made sense at least, and while Elias was brash and reckless, he wasn’t unintelligent. <br><br><br>”Betamon and I found her unconscious in the middle of the lake!” Nyaromon pipped up, proud that she’d been a part of Mei’s saving. ”She almost drowned, we saved her!” Well, that might just explain why she looked a bit pale. ”Sshh, none of that when we find Elias, okay? I don’t want him to worry.” She murmured, glad she had something soft and fuzzy to hug onto – that and because Nyaromon was really the only thing keeping her decent… Her blouse was just a bit sheer thanks to still being wet, and it was easy to see she was wearing pink bra beneath it even with the grey hiding the majority of her breasts. ”Were you with anyone before you got pulled here? You’re not injured, are you?” She blinked suddenly, inspecting the darker toned woman beside her for any visible injuries. She seemed fine, at least. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>InnocentSynn</strong> on <strong>26-06-2016, 00:41:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://wikimon.net/images/c/ca/Kyaromon2.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Kyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Angelica, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>It didn't take Kyaromon long to realize that the topic of her family was one that she didn't seem to want to discuss.&nbsp; And from what she said, he thought he could understand why.&nbsp; She'd been hurt by someone close to her, though he of course had no idea how badly she'd been hurt.&nbsp; But what he did do was let out a squeak as she clutched him very tightly to her chest.&nbsp; While it didn't really hurt that much, it surprised him and he couldn't speak for a moment as she seemed to be in her own little world for a bit.&nbsp; But once she lightened up a little, he would take a deep breath before he would say something.<br><br>"Well I'm sorry that you've been hurt, Angelica," he said in his little voice that was full of sincerity, "But you can't judge all humans by what a few of them do, can you?&nbsp; I mean, I've been chased away and hurt by some digimon before, but I've also met so many more that were fun and helpful and only wanted to make things better for others.&nbsp; If I let myself get scared off by those few that were mean, then I might not have made the friends that I made."<br><br>It was a fairly simply statement, but it was a truthful one.&nbsp; How could you possibly make friends if you were too afraid because of the bad experiences in your life.&nbsp; He simply didn't understand how someone could live like that, especially someone who seemed so bright and alive like Angelica had.&nbsp; She seemed to be a great person and Kyaromon was a great judge of character, or so he thought.&nbsp; At the very least, he was able to figure out who meant him harm without too much difficultly, a useful skill when some of the places he had gone had digimon that were strong enough to destroy him without much difficulty.<br><br>Looking up to see that they were now only a few miles away from the Skyrock, Kyaromon would turn his little body in her arms so that he was looking up at her.&nbsp; "You said that you think there are others like you there, right?" he asked her, his wide, innocent eyes staring up at her, "And that they might be able to help you get home?&nbsp; But how will they be able to do that if you're not willing to trust them?"&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kiric Rand</strong> on <strong>26-06-2016, 23:07:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft"> (http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/kiricrand/Morgan%20Robberts_zpsa1fu30ww.jpg) </div><strong>Name:</strong> Morgan Robberts / Caprimon<br><strong>Time:</strong>???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>The walk had been long, plagued by difficult terrain and the annoying little bat cat thing questioning him along the entire trip, however, if Caprimon had been right, then his best hope of getting anything done here in this world was standing right before him, across the bridge he was now staring down. At the other end, the large stone tower he had been following the entire way seemed impossibly large, and he knew there way no way this thing was built by these little creatures. Hell, he doubted it could even have been built by human hands, its dimensions were simply impossible. "Caprimon, just who built this thing? It stretches way to far into the sky to be real."<br><br>"Built? What do you mean built. Skyrock has kind of always been. I haven't found another digimon that knew of a time before it existed." Morgan simply couldn't believe those words. Someone, or something had to have built this place. That thought actually frightened him a bit, what could have the ability to build something like this, a stone tower that seemed to stretch up into infinity. "Well, come on human, you said you wanted to get to Skyrock. Well, it's right there, right across this bridge. You aren't going to chicken out now are you?"<br><br>"I told you before my name is Morgan. Call me human one more time and you are getting punted back to the mountains." He growled as the little ball thing started bouncing along the bridge, Morgan following close behind. ""Do you suppose and of the other things from the light beams have made it here yet? From the way you were talking, there were several of us that landed all over." Morgan didn't like the thought of other people being here, more chances for someone to back stab him while he was trying to work. "Well, if I know some of the other digimon around the area, I wouldn't be surprised if they have already been found and are on their way here."<br><br>Morgan frowned, walking along the bridge until he was standing before the tower. It seemed pretty quiet, making Morgan wonder if anyone else was here yet. "Seems like we are the first ones to make it. So, do you know anything at all about this place?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Galnius</strong> on <strong>03-07-2016, 05:27:00</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://t01.deviantart.net/U-xF6iRJ1FD_TCya5lhHld5vfyU=/300x200/filters:fixed_height(100,100):origin()/pre14/5cce/th/pre/f/2015/053/9/8/viximon_by_virogaming-d8j5ztr.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Pokomon<br><strong>Time:</strong> Today<br><strong>Location:</strong> Travelling<br><strong>Doing</strong>: Interactions on the road<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Mei/Nyaromon, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr>"I'm well" Pokomon responded to Mei smiling. "In a bit of a rush though. And it's POKOMON, not Pokemon. I haven't met a Pokemon before. What are they like?"<br><br><br>Raising her eyelid (as a brow was hardly apparent) Pokomon looked questioningly at Nyaromon whilst travelling. "I don't think megas drown dummy", she said haughtily. "She must be a rookie. That means mine is a it champion. Right? Right hue-men Kayla?" <br><br>Whether or not she got an answer, Pokomon began speeding up. "Quickly now! Its just up ahead! Hue-men Me I! Hurry up and don't let Nyaromon get lost!" <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>06-07-2016, 01:09:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayla Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; Near Skyrock<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Talking to Mei and her Nyaromon while approaching their destination.<br><strong>Tagging</strong>: Pokomon, Mei and her Digimon, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet<br><br>While she had no idea what a Champion or Mega were, she largely tuned Pokomon and Nyaromon's argument out since she had long since figured out that they had a history of mutual dislike for each other.&nbsp; That wasn't going to go over well with her if they were stuck together for any length of time, but Kayla for now at least, was able to ignore the pair of squabbling....whatever they were.&nbsp; Still, she gave Mei a sidelong glance and corrected her just as Pokomon did.&nbsp; <strong>"Pok O mon, not Pokemon."</strong>&nbsp; She stated, exaggerating the word so there was no confusion for the girl even as her gray eyes couldn't help but admire the way the water made Mei's outfit a little more see through than she likely appreciated.&nbsp; Kayla wasn't trying to be pervy, she was simply admiring the beautiful woman as they walked.&nbsp; She probably didn't swing for other team, especially with how she kept saying she had a boyfriend, but that didn't mean she couldn't look now did it?&nbsp; Whatever the case might be, the dark skinned woman listened intently as Mei confirmed her suspicions regarding on how they had gotten here, although it didn't help her figure out a way to get back, or how they had really gotten here in the first place.&nbsp; Still, it was nice to know she hadn't been the only one to get dragged to this world, for what reason she didn't know, and she suspected there was a reason because something about all this didn't seem random.&nbsp; She had no proof of that, but Kayla was willing to bet that was the case as she turned her head to look forward once more.&nbsp; Before she could respond to Mei's comment about the lights, Pokomon decided to chime in, much to her amused annoyance.&nbsp; <strong>"Trust me Pokomon, you're better off not knowing."</strong>&nbsp; Her brothers did, but Kayla had never understood the fascination with the annoying electric rat and all the other creatures that ran amok on the show.&nbsp; And Team Rocket?&nbsp; They were the worst joke of the lot.<br><br>When asked about her being a Champion or Mega or whatever though, Kayla chuckled and crossed her arms under her breasts, inadvertently pushing them upward as she did.&nbsp; <strong>"I got no clue what you're talkin' about Poko.&nbsp; I'm just a human, same as Mei.&nbsp; We're different but....similar?&nbsp; Not sure how to explain the whole thing, but we're all humans, no special ranks or designations beyond our unique names."</strong>&nbsp; It was as good as explanation as any at the moment, and while not the most elaborate, she hoped it'd get her point across for the moment as Kayla turned her gaze to the road ahead, and was relieved to see that Skyrock wasn't too far off in the distance.&nbsp; It wouldn't take much longer for them to reach their destination at this rate.&nbsp; Before Pokomon could run off, Kayla gently but firmly stepped on her Digimon's tail to stop her from running off without Mei or her own little friend.&nbsp; <strong>"Slow it down Poko, there's no rush, besides, it's rude to leave people in the dirt.&nbsp; That and I'd rather not end up running into someone else like how we ran into her.&nbsp; And to answer your question Mei, I wasn't with anyone no, although I had just gotten done beating down some moronic bullies on my way to my Grandmother's dojo.&nbsp; I was taking a shortcut through an alleyway, and that's when I got grabbed."</strong>&nbsp; Remembering her slightly skinned knuckles, she flexed her fingers and shrugged before holding up her hand to show Mei the proof of her words.&nbsp; <strong>"It's nothing but a scratch, I've had far worse than this, trust me.&nbsp; As you can see though, I can handle myself in a fight."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Amarlo</strong> on <strong>07-07-2016, 20:39:07</strong>
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				<div align="center"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E2RsII0.jpg?1)</div></td><td></td><td><br><br><br><br><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Name:</strong> Mei Sampson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.msg12395389#msg12395389) | Nyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock <br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Betamon(NPC), Kayla, Pokomon, Morgan Robberts, Caprimon, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> N/A</div></td><td></td><td><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/kIhhJhf.png)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr>Mei was caught glancing between the three with her as they bickered, moaned and mused amongst themselves, and she couldn’t withhold the little smile that tugged at her pale lips. They were amusing, if nothing else and she counted herself lucky to be among such entertaining and amiable company. After all, who knew what sort of people or things she could have run across instead? ”Oh.” Mei blinked sheepishly and her smile became more apologetic in nature as it was aimed towards the cute little yellow fuzzball. ”Sorry Pokomon.” <br><br>”They can to drown! Who said all megas can swim?! Not all digimon can swim! Some even sink like rocks! You just think you know everything, Pokomon.” Nyaromon fluffed up and blew a raspberry at the other digimon.<br><br>”Huh, maybe they are just children after all.” Mei mused towards Kayla, rolling her eyes as she gave a quiet laugh that matched her ever quiet voice. ”They squabble like my brother and I used to.” She giggled at the memories. They were such little brats. <br><br>Mei was content to take a safer pace towards Skyrock, but Pokomon seemed to be in a rush and she was all too happy when Kayla stopped the little creature from racing off – even if she winced at the way she went about it. Nyaromon hopped down from Mei’s arms and settled besides Pokomon, taking a few moments to blink at her tail curiously. ”Are you okay, Pokomon?” She asked as she started to nudge her head against Kayla’s foot to get her to release her. <br><br>Meanwhile Mei had just taken notice of those scuffed knuckles of Kayla’s and she instantly reached into one of the little hidden pockets of her plaid skirt and pulled out a damp, white handkerchief. ”Here. Best to keep it covered so germs don’t get in.” She offered, gently reaching for Kayla’s most skinned hand and if she allowed her, she’d gingerly tie the white cloth over her knuckles. ”There.” She smiled and with that done, was eager to continue on. <br><br>It didn’t take them very long to get to Skyrock, they were rather close when the two had <i>literally</i> run into one another. ”I know what it’s like to deal with bullies. I’m sorry you have to deal with that sort of thing.” She offered sympathetically – not because she pitied her, but because she truly sympathized. Or at least she thought she did. <br><br>”Hey look! There’s someone else there!” Nyaromon called out suddenly and Mei’s head whipped around, staring out towards the nearing rock with wide hopeful eyes. Hopeful eyes that suddenly dulled with worry and unease the moment she realized the boy already there wasn’t Elias. Well… At least they found <i>someone</i>, right? ”<i><b>Hello! Helloooo out there! Are you okay? Is anyone else with you?!</b></i>” Mei called out towards the dark haired boy making his way across a bridge as she waved a hand above her head. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kiric Rand</strong> on <strong>08-07-2016, 01:31:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft"> (http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/kiricrand/Morgan%20Robberts_zpsa1fu30ww.jpg) </div><strong>Name:</strong> Morgan Robberts / Caprimon<br><strong>Time:</strong>???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Pokomon, Mei, Nyaromon<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Morgan had made it most the way across the bridge when he swore he heard a voice coming from behind him. A female voice from the sound of things. He stopped, looking down at the metal helmeted cat looking thing he had been traveling with, a quizzical look on his eye. "I don't suppose you heard that did you? Or is my mind starting to play tricks on me from talking to you for so long already?" He looked up to Skyrock, so close and yet so far, and now he seemed he was going to be plagued by more travelers now. Great, and from the sounds of it, they were human too, just another strike against them in his mind. At least maybe they could help find a way home from here.<br><br>He turned, Caprimon leaping into his arms as he did. "Looks like we have company. I know the two little ones are Nyaromon and Pokomon, but I don't know who the other two are. Are they more Humons?" The little thing spoke up, looking to the boy he had been following. Morgan glared down, scowling at Caprimon as he spoke. "I have told you already, it is pronounced human. And from the looks of it, yes, the other two are humans as well." He thought for a moment, a question in his mind. "Do all the creatures here have a name that end in mon, or am I just crazy?"<br><br>"Of course. We are all digimon, it only makes sense." Morgan just shook his head as he stood there, waiting for the two girls and their ompanions to catch up with him. "Be careful with those two. Pokomon is a bit impulsive, and acts like a bit of a know it all. Nyaromon is a bit more friendly, but still." Caprimon trailed off as Morgan nodded to the other two. "No, no one else that I have found, except for this inquisitive little fluff ball here." Morgan would keep his responses short and sweet, not really wanting to talk to people if he could avoid it.<br><br>"Fine. Yeah, just fine. If you call being picked up from a random alley, thrown ass deep into the mountains, chased by some giant rhino looking thing, and being annoyed by the little bouncing bubble of questions fine, then I am just peachy." Morgan snapped back a bit, not really sure what the best thing to say was, not that he was really trying to if he was being honest with himself. "Otherwise, no, I haven't run into anyone else since I have been here."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil Tanner</strong> on <strong>08-07-2016, 13:04:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://data.whicdn.com/images/17088347/large.jpg)<br>(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/digimonat/images/f/fd/Pagumon_t.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140820145802&amp;path-prefix=pt)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Elias Wright<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Deepwood ---&gt; Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Pagumon (NPC), Mei, Nyaromon (NPC), Kayla, Pokomon, Morgan, Caprimon (NPC), Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> Intense PDA. Possible over-protective hoarding of hugs.<br><br><hr><br>They trudged in silence through the forest as the sun grew gradually higher in the sky - at one point, Elias attempted to figure out the time from its positioning, only to realise that without knowing the length of the days on this planet, he couldn't properly map the position to any real Earth-equivalent time - even Pagumon's apparently usual incessant talking muted after their near-death experience. He couldn't speak to what Pagumon was thinking - or dreaming, as the case may be; the steady breathing next to his ear and the blessedly sweet silence with which he was gifted seemed to suggest that Pagumon had opted to sleep off his exhaustion - but he knew what was running through <em>his</em> head...it was the same as what was always running through his mind when he and Mei were separated, what always occupied his thoughts when schoolwork and monster hounds weren't demanding his full attention...what he hadn't been able to stop thinking about since the day he was old enough to actually <em>have</em> comprehensible conscious thought, and what had tortured him every day of every year they had been apart; Mei. Mei, the meaning for his continued existence, the only person in the world he cared about and who he knew cared about him...she <em>was</em> his world, and he wouldn't get her off of his mind even if he could.<br><br>Right now, however, it was all he could do to remain calm and breathing steadily; they'd never been separated quite like this before, and it - truthfully - <em>terrified</em> him. Was she ok? Was she safe? Where was she? If she'd been spat out in this strange world, too, then had she managed to find other people to keep her safe? Had she been met with an annoying little ball of fur like him? Knowing her, she'd love having a pet that could talk to her...and knowing her, she'd make friends with it as soon as it said "Hello." She was so...so sweet and friendly and innocent like that, it made Elias want to wrap her in bubble wrap and then sellotape her to his side, just to keep all the bad things in the world from getting to her...but he couldn't do that, not really, and it made him worry. He and Pagumon had only just managed to escape Dobermon, so what if something even bigger and nastier attacked Mei? Would she be able to escape, to get away, or...He shuddered in horror at the thought, a small feeling of cold despair pooling in his stomach at the idea. And what if she didn't have the idea to go to Skyrock? How would he find her, in this new, unexplored, unknown world? What would he do if he <em>never</em> found her, if he wandered the rest of his life without-<br><br>He stopped himself. <em>No.</em> Mei was ok. She'd been luckier than him, and she was waiting for him at Skyrock, probably worried sick about his wellbeing. He was going to get there, they were going to meet up, everything was going to be fine...and then they'd figure out the specifics of where they were, and how to get home, together. Together, or not at all. Thankfully, the river seemed to have spit them out much further along the path than they'd started, effectively giving them a shortcut to their destination; whereas Elias had previously thought that the walk would take them a good few hours - possibly even until nightfall, assuming that the day / night cycles on this planet were anything at all like Earths - the river had shaved that time down to maybe one, if the size of the looming pillar of rock was anything to go by...it didn't look that big from afar, but as he got closer to it, he began to appreciate it size and scale. From this distance, he could already tell that the pillar of stone was a good mile or so in diameter, probably several miles in circumference, and extended into the sky as far as he could see, the pillar continuing long after his vision failed him...at least, he thought so. He wouldn't know, if his vision failed to see that far, now wouldn't he? <br><br>In any case, the pillar was now a mere few minutes walk away, and it wasn't long before he finally broke through the trees and found that there were no more blocking his path, the forest behind him cutting off sharply as it touched the bank of yet another wide body of water...it looked still and peaceful, but Elias knew better than to trust the surface of a river or lake...there could be any number of creatures or currents lurking beneath the impenetrably reflective surface of still water, and his screaming muscles protested at his continued walking, let alone the prospect of <em>swimming</em> again, especially against a strong underwater current. On the other side, what looked like a ruined village - dilapidated walls, collapsed stone roofs, what looked to be the remnants of a well and more than a few scorch marks that were only just visible through the creeping ivy tangled around the fallen bricks and stone of whatever was here beforehand - stood between him and the Skyrock. He tried to peer through the ruins to the base of the Skyrock, but several walls and ancient-looking remains of buildings blocked his line of sight. He grimaced, looking left and right, his vision alighting on an old, ruined stone bridge just a short way away...it looked damaged and unstable, but...well, it was better than trying to swim, right?<br><br>He made his way over to the bridge - a wide stone affair, big enough for two lanes of Earth traffic to travel across in better days, with high stone railings on either side, but more than a few collapsed sections of the floor and what looked like loose stones and wavering sections of footways - and drew in a slow, steadying breath...it looked unstable, but he'd have to risk it. He placed a foot gently against the stone causeway, testing it with his weight hesitantly before - after determining its stability - slowly walking his way across, testing and prodding every section of floor before he committed to it, making certain to keep to the side of the bridge, banking on the edges - where the supports were - being more durable than the central path. He skirted his way around several holes in the ground gingerly, and besides almost having a heart attack when one of the stones beneath his feet felt like it moved, he managed to pick his way across safely, finding himself suddenly amongst the ruins of whatever town had been here what looked to be <em>at least</em> centuries ago. He looked around carefully, trying to see whether there was any sign of an ambush by another Digimon...but there was nothing. <br><br>No sign of animal life at all. No birdsong, no rustling in the undergrowth, no buzzing of bees or wasps going from flower to flower...there was nothing but an air of disquiet and unnatural silence, the only sounds the rustling of the leaves in the wind - and even that sounded muted, if that was at all possible - and nothing there but Elias, the (still sleeping) Pagumon...and the stone walls of ancient, dilapidated buildings. Elias shivered a little, worry over Mei momentarily forgotten as he took in just how...disconcerting this place was, just how creepy it was not to hear animals in the middle of a forest, even animals from off the island - the forest was literally thirty seconds walk away, and he couldn't hear any birds or animals from it? - but it quickly returned as he realised...he couldn't see Mei. Could he? He looked around, furiously searching the surrounding area for that shock of red hair on a tiny, beautiful body that would tell him that his MayMay was somewhere nearby, straining his eyes to try and see towards Skyrock...and his heart leapt into his throat with reckless abandon as he saw something. Small, distant figures, three of them human sized and several smaller dots - Digimon? - clustered around one side of Skyrock, just visible around the curve of the pillar. He took a step forwards, then another one, then another one, quickly picking up speed into a jog as his heart pounding in his throat, blood screaming in his ears at the possibility, his muscles screaming in protest at the sudden resumption of strenuous activity, protests that were promptly blocked out and discarded by his brain, which had one and only one priority on its list at that moment in time; <em>Mei.</em> <br><br>He came closer and closer in his jog, the figures getting bigger...bigger...and there! His heart soared and all tension and exhaustion fled from his body as he felt an adrenaline spike like never before upon seeing the beautiful face of his beloved MeiMei, peering in surprise at one of the other figures...a male. He didn't like that. His protective, possessive impulse kicked in; He didn't like <em>any</em> male he didn't know speaking to Mei, but in a strange world like this? No, he was <em>not</em> getting any time alone with Mei if Elias could do anything about it. He grimaced, noting the other girl...less of a threat, but still, Elias didn't trust either of them. The sooner he got over there and made clear that she was <em>his</em> and under <em>his</em> protection, the better. He sped up, wanting to close the distance as quickly as possible, wanting - no, <em>needing</em> - to feel her in his arms again, feel her breath on his skin, her body fitting snugly into his own so he <em>knew</em> that she was ok, that she was real, that she was finally safe in his arms again. He drew a deep breath as he ran, and let it out in a single, loud bellow across the previously silent clearing. <br><br>"MEI!" The sound reverberated around the walls and ruins, echoing in the silence...he got a distinct air of disapproval at disrupting the quiet, but he didn't care. He shouted again, and Mei's head whipped around...and then she was running too. He broke into a sprint - Pagumon suddenly falling from his back with a half-asleep, startled yelp of shock as he bounced off the ground, but Elias didn't care; Mei was right there! She was ok! She was safe! She'd had the same idea he had, and he'd managed to - against the odds - find her in this vast, unknown world! - and met her only a handful of feet away from where she had been talking with the other two - him having longer legs, being able to run faster and him already being up to a decent speed meant that she only had to run a very short distance - gathering her into his arms forcefully. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close, trapping her against his body as he buried his face in her hair, hugging her tight as if needing to feel her squished into his body, wanting to seal her against it and never have her leave it again...his heart pounded so loudly that he thought she must be able to hear it. His hands moved, one hand moving to her waist, one to her cheek, lying across it gently-but-firmly, possessively. <br><br>He pulled away and, without saying a word, dragged her head upwards and captured her lips in an aggressive, passionate, relief-and-love-filled kiss, claiming her mouth with his aggression, doing it as much as a show of "She's Mine" to the other two as it was about showing <em>her</em> how worried he was over her. He kissed her hotly, fiercely, his tongue invading her mouth to greet <em>her</em> tongue as a long-lost friend and lover, before he finally pulled away, breathing hard. He could hear Pagumon's indignant huffing coming up behind them, the movement coming to a stop as something butted against his leg. Pagumon said something - something about "How dare you drop me, you moron, warn me before you do that, are all you Humons so inconsiderate, etc etc, blah blah blah," but he ignored it for the time being, tuned it out, Pagumons grumbling becoming white noise as he looked at Mei, their foreheads resting against each other. He smiled, relief and love and finally-disproven worry etched into his face. <br>"Oh, Little One..." he murmured quietly, "I'm so happy you're ok...I was...<em>so worried</em> about you..." He looked her over quickly, head to toe...he noticed, slightly "uncomfortably," that her uniform was wet, her shirt clinging to her curvaceous, gorgeous body tightly, her shirt a little see through...<br><br>He glanced at the other two - how <em>dare</em> they see her like this! Only <em>he</em> was allowed to oggle her! - and then back at her, undeniably attempting to avoid looking down...he was worried, he was scared, he'd had a near death experience...and now he was relieved, pressed against his darling MeiMei, familiar feelings of protective possessiveness over her rising...a heady concoction that made concentrating on anything other than pushing her against the Skyrock and ravaging her right then and there to show her how happy he was that she was ok difficult, to say the least. He forced himself to concentrate. "<em>Are</em> you ok, MyMei? Are you hurt...did...<em>they</em> do or say anything to you?" He glanced at the other two humans, then back at her, fighting to keep the lust out of his eyes as he just...enjoyed her proximity. He was breathing hard, both from the run and the adrenaline that demanded he do something with it - preferably <em>her</em> - keeping her pulled against him tightly. She was ok...he wouldn't hide his relief over that fact even if he could, and he couldn't stop himself from beaming at her happily...she was ok, and she was never leaving his side again. Now that they were together again...now, he could finally start caring about where they were. Not that it mattered; he was ok, so long as he had his MeiMei in his arms. Right now, he was just happy to have her back. He'd worry about the others and <em>their</em> annoying fluffballs later, <em>after</em> he made sure Mei was ok. She was what was important. To him...everything else was secondary. Right now...his whole world was Mei, and only Mei.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lynnie</strong> on <strong>11-07-2016, 02:58:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s574/lynniekitty/86c3cf26d300fe2ee5ffc321960f3c25_zps0abwkxha.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Angelia Grady<br><strong>Time:</strong> Unknown<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kyaromon, Morgan, Kayla, Pokomon, Mei, Nyaromon, Elias and Pagumon, OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br><br>As she kept walking hoping to reach the big rock as soon as possible, she thought about what Kyaromon had said to her. Perhaps she couldn't trust the others if there were any, but perhaps for once she could use them rather than be used by them. The walk didn't seem to take as long as she thought it would.<br><br>As she reached the top and started to see some of the others she slowed her walk as she looked to Kyaromon in her arms, "Perhaps you are right, though if I don't at least try I could be stuck here... As the words left her mouth, maybe this was the right place for her. No other humans like her according to Kyaromon. No one could hurt her like humans had and perhaps though even if other Digimon were unkind she could learn to deal with them even if she only had one here she could call friend, it would be more than she had at home.<br><br>As she looked around at the other humans she put on her best smile and walked towards them. She refused to let them see her weak or scared. That just invited scorn and the ability to hurt her. Taking a deep breath she called out "Greetings to all. It is nice to see other humans here. Does anyone know what is going on?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>12-07-2016, 01:20:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayla Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; At Skyrock at last<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Talking to Mei and her Nyaromon while approaching their destination.<br><strong>Tagging</strong>: Pokomon, Mei and her Nyaromon, Morgan and Caprimon, Elias and Paguimon, Angela and Kyaromon, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet....damn.<br><br>Ignoring the fact Pokomon was trying to escape from underneath her boot, her tail still pinned, she only gave Nyaromon an amused snort at her efforts to free the golden ball of fuzz before turning to Mei.&nbsp; She had to smile and nod at her observations about the way the respective Digimon were indeed arguing with each other, making her think of something pretty similar despite her personal family troubles, which were far better than they used to be, but it still brought those unpleasant memories up.&nbsp; Still, she couldn't help but miss her two older brothers at the same time, even though they'd never really been that close.&nbsp; Whatever the case, she looked to Mei and chuckled in agreement.&nbsp; <strong>"Yeah, kinda noticed that myself.&nbsp; So long as it doesn't become a full on yelling match, I don't have a problem with them arguing like that."</strong>&nbsp; Kayla said with a shrug before Mei gently grabbed her hand, and proceeded to wrap the soft cloth around her skinned knuckles.&nbsp; She had to blink her gray eyes, having not expected such a tender, kind action as that even if it wasn't much at the end of the day.&nbsp; Still, she smiled and nodded her head again as she met Mei's gaze.&nbsp; <strong>"Thanks, but I wasn't too worried about it.&nbsp; That said, it wasn't me the bullies were after, not until I got myself involved anyway.&nbsp; I was protecting someone else, but your sympathy's appreciated, but not necessary in my case.&nbsp; I still agree with you though, they're assholes, plain and simple."</strong>&nbsp; Having said her piece, Kayla started to turn away, lifting her foot as she did, only to stop and stare as Mei and Nyaromon started to move towards something they had seen.&nbsp; Before she could stop either of them, they started towards the dark haired young man and his own Digimon she soon found out, and didn't say much as the crotchety young man made his displeasure known quite clearly.<br><br>Kayla scoffed and waved her right hand in dismissal, despite the white cloth tied around her fingers, and turned her back on Morgan as she did.&nbsp; <strong>"She was being nice, you don't have to be an ass.&nbsp; From what I've seen, we're all in the same boat."</strong>&nbsp; The dark skinned woman said as she turned towards the massive stone monolith before them all.&nbsp; <strong>"We're heading to what these little guys call Skyrock.&nbsp; You can come with us or go your own way, personally I could give a damn either way.&nbsp; I don't have the time or the patience to deal with perpetual resting bitch face."</strong>&nbsp; This she had directed fully towards Morgan, and Kayla would have happily said more, but then Mei ran off full tilt about the same time a new guy ran towards her.&nbsp; For the first time since arriving, wherever they were, Kayla felt some mild embarrassment as she saw the way Elias and Mei embraced, and the dark skinned warrior woman couldn't help but blush and look away as they kissed, passionately, for an inordinate amount of time.&nbsp; She was about to clear her throat when Elias broke away at last, and asked the question she likely would have asked if that had been her in Elias's place as she ignored the man's accompanying Digimon completely.&nbsp; The little Pagumon wasn't her concern as her gray eyes turned back to Skyrock.&nbsp; They were pretty close now, with at least one bridge close at hand for them to reach the monolith stone marker.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Amarlo</strong> on <strong>19-07-2016, 06:47:34</strong>
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				<div align="center"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E2RsII0.jpg?1)</div></td><td></td><td><br><br><br><br><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Name:</strong> Mei Sampson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.msg12395389#msg12395389) | Nyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock <br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Betamon(NPC), Kayla, Pokomon, Morgan Robberts, Caprimon, Angelia, Open<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> N/A</div></td><td></td><td><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/kIhhJhf.png)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><hr>Mei was glad she ran into someone so strong, and she was even more appreciative of the fact that said woman was friendly as well. She didn’t know what she’d do if she’d run into someone that was grouchy and belligerent. It was even easier for her to feel comfortable in Kayla’s company because she was female too – not that Mei had anything against males, she just found them naturally more intimidating and frightening was all. Was that wrong…? She shook the thought from her head for debate at another time. Right now they were meeting someone new and he seemed a bit aggravated. She couldn’t really blame him either. ”It’s okay. I think he’s just had a bad day, I don’t think he meant anything by it.” She defended the boy but her smile was all for Kayla, and it was an appreciative one at that – even if it was somewhat shy. <br><br>That was until she heard a very familiar voice call out to her from the distance. The little ginger’s head whipped around until her wide eyes found the source of that voice. Her heart skipped a beat as she saw him in the distance, running towards her, and in that moment she could do little more than launch forward into a sprint herself.&nbsp; ”Eli!” A smile as bright as the sun pulled itself across her suddenly beaming face – something that seemed almost foreign on an naturally quiet girl like herself. Her arms raised above her head, spreading out as she raced towards him and as soon as she got within range she launched herself right into his arms. He didn’t have to exert much force to crush her in against his form, she was already clinging onto him like her life depended on it, her face burying in against his chest as her nimble little fingers curled within the front of his shirt. <br><br>”I’m so glad you’re—“ She started but was abruptly caught off as he caught her by her chin and pulled her lips to his in an aggressive and undoubtedly <i>possessive</i> kiss. She might have just melted into it had he kept it passionate with his concern, but when he pried her lips apart and began to invade her mouth she was precariously aware of the fact that they had an <i>AUDIENCE</i> and now was NOT the time for that! Mei’s cheeks burned an entirely fierce bright red. The much shorter girl squeaked as she leaned away sharply, kept from pulling fully back by the arm he had tucked around her waist. He wasn’t about ready to let her get away <i>that easily</i> though, and so she ended up smacking and lightly pounding against his chest until she finally arched so far back over his arm that his mouth could no longer reach her.&nbsp; &nbsp;”Elias!” She gasped in reprimand and turned her flustered face away from their onlookers so they couldn’t see (Despite the fact they could easily see) just how deeply she was blushing. ”There are <i>people</i> watching!” Her quiet voice was muffled as she bit down on one of her knuckles and turned her face from him as well – mostly so he couldn’t accost her lips again!<br><br><br>”I’m fine, I’m fine. But are you oka—“ And against the was cut off, but this time it wasn’t by Elias. No, it was by the little grey feline that was now butting its head against Elias’s viciously. ”Don’t worry… *headbutt* Mei! *headbutt* I’ll save *headbutt* you!!” She cried. ”Don’t eat my friend!” Mei blinked, then stood straight suddenly as she caught her <i>boyfriend</i> by his shoulders, hopefully keeping him from field goal kicking the poor thing. "It's okay! It's okay! Really! I'm fine. Relax!" She exclaimed, her nose wrinkling before she noticed the blue blob that had been barking at Eli earlier. "Oh... I see you've made friends too." She blinked, only to giggle slyly as she hid her devilish little grin behind her hand. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kiric Rand</strong> on <strong>20-07-2016, 01:45:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft"> (http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/kiricrand/Morgan%20Robberts_zpsa1fu30ww.jpg) </div><strong>Name:</strong> Morgan Robberts / Caprimon<br><strong>Time:</strong>???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Pokomon, Mei, Nyaromon, Elias, Pagumon, Angelia<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Morgan just sighed out at the reaction of the other two, especially the taller one of them. "Well forgive me for not sugar coating the world to your liking. I guess I'll just remember to tiptoe around the rough stuff, let you keep your rose covered glasses and all." He wasn't about to play nice with these new people, especially since they were people. Other people caused pain and suffering, and the last thing he wanted more of them around.&nbsp; He just shook his head and started walking toward Skyrock, only turning back to ad one last comment. "I don't know about you two, but I plan on getting out of here as fast as I can and getting home." He was about to say something when he saw someone running up and grabbing a hold of the smaller of the girls, as if trying to take her away. Great, another person to deal with, and this one seemed possessive.<br><br>"Well, that seemed unnecessary. Good, you can keep track of her so the rest of us don't have to." That made one less he had to deal with, now if someone would just come along and take care of the darker skinned one he would be happy. Morgan preferred to be alone anyway, he worked better without others around, even having Caprimon around was a bit much, but at least that thing wasn't a human. Though it seemed their little party was growing more and more by the minute and another girl came walking up, giving probably the nicest introduction of the bunch so far. "And now it goes from bad to worse. Come on Caprimon, you sad Skyrock was where we needed to go, so lets get going."<br><br>"I never said that, I just said it would be the best place to get your bearings straight. What's the rush, these people all seem nice." The little puffball bounced in front of Morgan, as if trying to stop him a bit. "You know there is safety in numbers right, maybe having a few others around will make our trip easier."<br><br>"Yeah, until one or all of them turn around and stab you in the back, leaving you in a pile of dirt in order to achieve what they want. I told you before Caprimon, humans are scum. They lie, pretend they are your friend and have your best interest in mind, but the moment you are of no use to them, they chuck you aside like garbage. Believe me, the less you deal with my kind, the happier you will be. You'll be better if you just forgot about us once we are gone." Morgan snapped, stopping to argue with the little think that was now cowering at his feet. If one could listen carefully, there was a tone of hurt in his voice that he attempted to hide as best he could.<br><br>"I don't believe that for one second. You could have just left me behind back there in the mountains, but you didn't. So there must be some good in your kind right? What happened to you that you would turn so quickly against your own like this?" Morgan nearly kicked the thing at that comment, but he refrained. There was no way he was going to tell it or everyone else here about all that.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil Tanner</strong> on <strong>20-07-2016, 11:54:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://data.whicdn.com/images/17088347/large.jpg)<br>(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/digimonat/images/f/fd/Pagumon_t.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140820145802&amp;path-prefix=pt)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Elias Wright<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Deepwood ---&gt; Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Pagumon (NPC), Mei, Nyaromon (NPC), Kayla, Pokomon, Morgan, Caprimon (NPC), Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> Intense PDA. Possible over-protective hoarding of hugs.<br><br><hr><br>Ok, so, Elias wasn't above admitting that <em>perhaps</em> - just <em>maybe</em> - he had gone a <em>touch</em> overboard with his kiss. He knew how shy Mei was in public, so maybe he should have taken that into consideration when deciding what kind of greeting kiss to give her...but, could you really blame him? Not only did he find her in the presence of complete strangers - who could just have easily decided to hurt her as help her - but he was in a strange new world which seemed to disobey the laws of physics - this blob, with no discernible room for a digestive or respiratory system by the by, fired exploding bubbles from its mouth! - and he'd almost died <em>twice</em> while looking for her, not knowing if she was alive or dead or hurt or even if she had been transported to the same world as him! He'd thought he might never see her again, that she'd be left without him again, that he'd be forced to live his life without <em>her,</em> so...could you really blame him for his aggressive overreaction? He held that his kiss had been entirely justified...but he had the good grace to at least look a little abashed at her admonition, even if her thumps against his chest stirred <em>other</em> feelings in him...he <em>loved</em> it when she got aggressive with him, and she knew that...but he restrained himself. They did, indeed, have an audience...he couldn't very well push her up against the rock and fuck her right there and then. Not yet, anyway. Later, perhaps.<br><br>She turned her head to the side, keeping her lips away from him - he would have to fix that soon enough - as she blushed that adorable shade of crimson she went whenever she felt awkward or embarrassed, just as that snotty-looking bastard behind her started shit-talking her...he almost pushed Mei aside and stormed over to give the little <em>shit</em> a piece of his mind, but he refrained...for now. He'd almost died, he'd almost lost Mei forever, and right at that moment, he didn't exactly feel inclined to release her from his embrace...so he simply glared at the fucker, and made a mental note to kick his ass in the future if he persisted in his bad attitude towards Mei. <em>Nobody</em> disrespected his MeiMei and got away with it. He'd better watch his fucking mouth, if he knew what was good for him. His gaze slid back to Mei after a moment, beginning to look her over for bumps and bruises, noticing keenly that her uniform was damp against his skin, clinging tightly to her rather curvaceous form, giving him all the more reason to squeeze her to him possessively, just in case any of the people here decided to take an interest...another girl showed up - how many humans had been transported here? They evidently weren't indigenous to this planet, so...what had happened? A puzzle for later - but Elias ignored her, focusing on Mei.<br><br>He opened his mouth to answer her...but, like her, he found himself interrupted by another of those annoying little blobs headbutting his leg. He shook it, shaking it at the little creature to try and shoo it away, but it persisted, and he found himself growling aggressively...this thing presumed to get possessive over <em>his</em> Mei? Who the hell did it think it was? He pulled back, already half-snarling at it and he would have hefted a boot at it too if Mei hadn't stopped him. He glanced at Mei, his eye twitching a little...Mei knew this thing, obviously...and she <em>liked</em> it? Well, who was going to stop it from hitting him, since it hadn't let up yet! He looked down, debating whether or not to kick it anyway...but he knew Mei well enough to know that her annoyance over <em>that</em> would be genuine, not the embarrassed faux-annoyance of his kiss. He hesitated...and then a blue blob bounced in from the corner of his vision and headbutted the little grey blob away, sitting where the grey blob had been a moment before as said grey blob tumbled away a short distance in surprise. Pagumon sat there, looking rather smug and also kinda...pissed?<br>"Hey! That's <em>MY</em> Human! Only I get to discipline him! You keep your hands off, Nyaromon, you little cretin!" it huffed, puffing itself up. Well...that was unexpected. Pagumon, getting defensive over him? Well...he wasn't going to complain, if it got rid of "Nyaromon" without making Mei mad at him.<br><br>He turned his gaze back to Mei, tuning out whatever argument Nyaromon and Pagumon had gotten into, shaking his head. "Yes...yes, I'm ok...sorry, I guess..." Though his tone indicated that he was only sorry through obligation rather than actual regret...at least he'd said it, right? "I guess I got carried away. I just...thought I might never see you again. We almost died twice on the way here, so...well. It felt like an appropriate time to reassert my claim to <em>my</em> Mei..." He offered a small smile, for just her to see, then glanced around. Did <em>everybody</em> have one of those bouncing little blobs? It looked like it. What the hell was going on? "I wouldn't call Pagumon a friend, but...he technically saved my life. So, I've decided he can stay for the time being." Not that Elias actually had a choice in the matter. "Provided he doesn't fuck me off too much. I see your one is...protective." Annoying. Intrusive. Asking for a good kicking. "As long as it doesn't think to try to take you away from me, it won't get kicked into a river." He glanced at Nyaromon, glaring sharply. "You're <em>mine,</em> and not even an alien blob thing is going to take you away from me." He looked down at her, eyes drinking her in aggressively, possessively, as if he wanted to force his lips down to hers to punctuate the point...but he didn't. <br><br>After all, that might get him in more trouble, and now wasn't the time to turn things heated and passionate, which was what always happened when she tried to "reprimand" him. What could he say? Her getting feisty and rough turned him on...and he wasn't the best at controlling himself when it came to Mei. So...he settled for simply tightening his grasp around her, one of his hands moving to rest just below her waist on the outside of her upper thigh, gripping her through her skirt. The look in his eyes suggested that she should be glad he wasn't pulling it up and carrying her off behind one of the nearby ruined walls, quite frankly...though again. Maybe later. He sighed softly, suppressing his urges as best he could. "...I'm just glad you're ok." He murmured and, unable to control himself, gently-but-firmly turned her head up towards him and kissed her again, claiming her lips beneath his own with an insistent, dominant aggression. Ok, it wasn't <em>strictly</em> aggressive like before, or lustful and heated. He didn't force his tongue into her mouth or start groping and pawing at her...but it <em>was</em> passionate, it <em>was</em> possessive, demanding all of her attention and claiming her focus for him and only him, making clear that no matter what else happened...he wasn't about to let her consider anything other than him. <br><br>He broke the kiss after a few seconds, breathing hard, his eyes glittering with both gentle tenderness...and dark, possessive passion. "At least we're together again, now..." he murmured, his words for her ears only. "So whatever brought us here...it couldn't keep us apart. We'll get through whatever this is, together. Nothing on Earth or this world, whatever it is, will be able to rip me away from you again. And no<em>thing</em> and no<em>body</em> will <em>ever</em> take <em>you</em> away from <em>me.</em> You're <em>mine,</em> and you are <em>never</em> leaving my side...I am <em>never</em> letting you go. If something wants to take you from me...they'll have to pry you from my cold, dead, rigid arms. And even then...it will be a <em>hell</em> of a fight." He leaned his forehead on hers, staring her in the eye intently. They had been brought to whatever this world was and separated...but they were together again, and he wasn't about to let her out of his sight for an instant. He'd experienced how dangerous this world was himself not an hour ago...and no way was he letting Mei go off on her own in such a dangerous place. She was his <em>sister,</em> his <em>lover</em> and the <em>only</em> thing in the entire world that he gave a damn about...whether she liked it or not, she was staying by his side <em>permanently</em> while they were in this strange place. <em>Anything</em> that wanted to get to her had to go through him...and that was just how it was going to be from now on. He'd lost her once before. Never again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>InnocentSynn</strong> on <strong>28-07-2016, 02:19:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://wikimon.net/images/c/ca/Kyaromon2.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Kyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Angelica, pretty much everyone else.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>There was some silence as Angelica seemed to be thinking about what Kyaromon had said.&nbsp; He didn't really expect her to answer him right then as even he could sense that there was something there that she wasn't telling him and probably wouldn't tell him.&nbsp; And as curious as he was, even he didn't wish to push too far into that discussion right then.&nbsp; So he was content to let her carry him in silence for a while since his short legs simply couldn't keep up with her longer strides without alot of effort that he didn't feel capable of delivering given how stuffed he was on berries at the moment.&nbsp; Had she not been there, he would've probably ended up sleeping in the sun all day as a result of the full, content feeling that he was currently a victim of.<br><br>When she finally spoke up in agreement of what he said, he would smile as his big eyes would look at her.&nbsp; "That's the spirit!" he said excitedly, "Not that I would mind if you stayed.&nbsp; I like having you around to talk to and help me reach the berries at the top of the bushes."&nbsp; He grinned at her with his big, white teeth before he would settle back into her arms comfortably, noting that they were growing closer and closer to Skyrock.&nbsp; And as they drew closer, he'd see signs of others there, but remain silent for now since he knew that she was seeing it as well.&nbsp; He was also very curious to see how she would interact with the other humans since he'd never seen them before and he didn't know how they were supposed to interact at all.<br><br>He could almost feel her trying to look bright and happy and strong as she approached and he would snuggle into her a bit to try and give her some comfort.&nbsp; When she spoke, he would smile and determine that she had said all that needed to be said for now.&nbsp; So he just sat comfortably in her arms for now as he waited to see what the other humans might say to her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>28-07-2016, 05:44:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i63.tinypic.com/vpbtqq.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>. Kayla Hamilton<br><strong>Time</strong>. Got no clue<br><strong>Location</strong>:&nbsp; At Skyrock at last<br><strong>Doing</strong>:&nbsp; Talking to Mei and her Nyaromon while approaching their destination.<br><strong>Tagging</strong>: Pokomon, Mei and her Nyaromon, Morgan and Caprimon, Elias and Paguimon, Angela and Kyaromon, open<br><strong>Warnings</strong>:&nbsp; None yet....damn.<br><br>Largely ignoring the guy that had a ten foot pole up his ass, Kayla scooped up Pokomon despite her earlier protests, and made it a point to turn away from the new guy and Mei when they started to kiss again.&nbsp; Well, to say Elias was staking his claim would have been more appropriate, something she didn't like, but she didn't comment on since it wasn't her place, and with so many unknowns to contend with, she had no idea how long they'd be stuck together, and she wasn't fooling herself on that point.&nbsp; She knew that they'd be stuck together for the long haul, so she was taking the diplomatic approach, at least for now, even as she fought the urge to give the guy a piece of her mind with the way he was talking about Mei like she was his property rather than his equal.&nbsp; That was something she just did not like at all, but again she kept her mouth shut and turned to Angelia instead, choosing to answer her question.<br><br>While her words were directed at the girl in question, Kayla made it a point to address the whole group.&nbsp; <strong>"Unfortunately no, I don't think anyone here knows what's going on.&nbsp; I know I sure as Hell don't, but I can say this much with certainty.&nbsp; I don't think we're going home anytime soon."</strong>&nbsp; Say what you wanted about her and Morgan's outlooks on life and the situation at hand, Kayla was at least trying to keep the peace as she shot the young man a dirty look before continuing.&nbsp; <strong>"Don't ask how I know, but something about this whole thing just feels like we're going to be in for the long haul.&nbsp; I've seen enough anime and read enough books to see where this will likely end up going, so let's get one thing straight right now.&nbsp; We need to work <em>together</em>.&nbsp; Got it?&nbsp; Going lone wolf, not trusting each other, and all those other idiotic ideas will need to be reigned in, or someone's going to end up dead or worse."</strong>&nbsp; Her hardened visage softened somewhat as she looked towards Mei and Angelia respectively for a moment before hugging Pokomon a little closer to her chest.&nbsp; <strong>"I'm not proposing I be the leader of this group or anything, I'm just telling you what I think.&nbsp; Right now I can tell you tall, dark haired, and asshole is deluding himself if he thinks getting to Skyrock will solve all our problems, but he does have a point.&nbsp; From what, Elias was it?, said to Mei, he's already met some of the locals, and they weren't looking to make friends with him or his little fluff ball.&nbsp; And I had to fight off a weird plant thing from hurting Pokomon and myself."</strong><br><br><strong>"A Palmon that was very territorial.&nbsp; She wouldn't allow me to drink from her spring water."</strong>&nbsp; Pokomon explained as she wriggled free of Kayla's arms and nestled herself between her human's feet.<br><br><strong>"Right.&nbsp; Point is, we have very little in the way of allies here, no one we can trust except each other, no knowledge of what to expect, and I can already tell you I have a problem with some of what I've seen from those around me already, but I'll keep that to myself for now.&nbsp; So, let's see what's at Skyrock.&nbsp; It might not be how we get home, but there might be a clue, something to tell us what we're here for, how we got here, I don't know.&nbsp; I just know we need to keep moving, find any food or water that'll be safe for us to consume, and shelter at some point so we aren't stumbling about in the dark when the big predators are up."</strong>&nbsp; Having said her piece, Kayla would fall silent and let the group mull over what she had said to them all.&nbsp; Whether they agreed with her or not wasn't her problem, but the list of priorities regarding food, water, and everything else wouldn't change regardless if they followed her advice her not.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kiric Rand</strong> on <strong>31-07-2016, 22:23:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft"> (http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/kiricrand/Morgan%20Robberts_zpsa1fu30ww.jpg) </div><strong>Name:</strong> Morgan Robberts / Caprimon<br><strong>Time:</strong>???<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kayla, Pokomon, Mei, Nyaromon, Elias, Pagumon, Angelia<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>What the hell did these other even know. To think for one second that he was about to let even one of them get close, just so they could turn around and betray him later, the very idea was laughable. And the taller girl, she wanted them to work together? It was pretty obvious that she hadn't been stabbed in the back as many times as he had in his life, so he really couldn't fault her for the idea. He did just give a bit of a grunt though, turning away from the rest of the group and heading toward the tower. "Believe what you want to believe, but the rest of you are just dead weight to me." Morgan started taking a couple of steps toward his goal when the little puffball stopped him, standing in his way.<br><br>"Seriously Morgan, what have they done to you to deserve this kind of treatment. You just met them and they are offering to help." Caprimon leaned out to address the remaining people there. "I am really sorry. He is really a good hearted guy once you get to know him. He just..... likes to be alone I guess." Morgan sneered at the creature, instantly snapping at the little bat/cat thing.<br><br>"It's not what they have done, it's what they will do. Humans are all the same, they pretend to like you, and to want to work together, until you are no longer useful to them. Then they toss you aside like you are nothing. Forgive me for being a total dick, but if I have the choice between being back stabbed or not having any friends, then I will happily stay on my own." He stepped around the creature, determined to proceed, even if that meant he had to leave the others behind. He would get out of this place one way or another, after all, being here didn't help him get any close to his ultimate goal.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lynnie</strong> on <strong>19-08-2016, 23:28:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1306.photobucket.com/albums/s574/lynniekitty/86c3cf26d300fe2ee5ffc321960f3c25_zps0abwkxha.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Angelia Grady<br><strong>Time:</strong> Unknown<br><strong>Location:</strong> Skyrock<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kyaromon, Morgan, Kayla, Pokomon, Mei, Nyaromon, OPEN<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br><br>There they stood amiss the ruins of an ancient city in the middle of a strange land all of them with these little creatures that were calm and almost friend like to us. Perhaps she could take Kyaromon's advice and attempt to be friendly and a little trusting but she just couldn't being herself to do that. She new they would use her just as soon as they could. <br><br>She stared at the black haired gentleman who was talking to his small little bat/cat thingy that she couldn't help but smile and run towards it. Squatting down on her ankles she smiled brightly at the creature. "Hello there! I'm Angelia, and this is my friend Kyaromon. It is a pleasure to meet you." She couldn't help but be friendly to animal or animal like things as she knew they couldn't hurt her as much as humans could. She had no idea that bypassing the humans to talk to the creatures could be taking as rude but to her she couldn't help but talk to them and almost wanting pick it up and hug it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Digimon: Digital Champions IC Thread, Paradise Basin</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>InnocentSynn</strong> on <strong>31-08-2016, 19:28:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://wikimon.net/images/c/ca/Kyaromon2.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Kyaromon<br><strong>Time:</strong> ? ? ?<br><strong>Location:</strong> The Central Plains<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Angelica, Open.<br><strong>Warnings:</strong> None.<br><br><hr><br>Kyaromon just smiled as he settled comfortably against Angelia's chest.&nbsp; He found that he rather liked riding her arms.&nbsp; She was soft and warm and he had a much better view of things than he normally did.&nbsp; He was so tiny that normally, he could barely see above the tall grass, meaning that he really had to work in order to see what was going on.&nbsp; Being held by Angelia, even if she was a bit short compared to the other humans that were there, allowed him to see what he was around them.&nbsp; And fortunately, she didn't seem to mind carrying him since he was so light, so he wasn't going to question it.&nbsp; He was just simply going to enjoy it, noting how she made her way towards one of the other digimon rather than the other humans.<br><br>But he didn't say anything about that.&nbsp; He simply would allow her to handle things as she saw fit for now.&nbsp; Just the fact that she was talking was a good start and he hoped that it would be the beginning.&nbsp; And if she didn't, well, it wasn't like he minded talking.&nbsp; In fact, he had a ton of questions for the other humans that stood around them, but right now he was letting Angelia do the talking since she was really the one that needed to do it and not him.&nbsp; So he just cuddled into her arms a bit more and watched the reactions of the people around them.
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