01 ⚔ VIDEO

[allidoiswin]

[ The D-Terminal clicks on to show a young woman with a scar across her cheek and hair that falls over her eyes staring intently into it. Her eyes are void of any emotion and for the few seconds of silence that follow the start of the transmission, she may give off the impression of a killer. ]

Good morning. The time is zero seven twenty hours. [ Formal, curt, but with a polite tone. Her expression never once waivers as she continues. ] Mikasa Ackerman, soldier. Rank is of little importance here, but experience is highly sought out from my understanding.

[ Which is why she introduces herself as a soldier instead of taking the easy life and settling in under a new alias. If people were instructed to fight here, then she wanted not only her skills to be known, but to not be treated as if she were a weak individual. Behind her appears a Terriermon who seems more interested in what she's doing than anything else. ]

I formally request a briefing on the situation of this world as well as any documentation related to having your Digimon grow stronger. [ A brief pause. ] As well as information as to why there are skeletons hanging on the walls.

Thank you.

[ With that, she cuts the call and leaves her room, Terriermon in tow. Hello roommates of F1 005, it seems your new companion has finally made herself visible enough to step free from her room to get to know you better. ]

Comments

[guilmon]

Digimon grow stronger in fights and when bad stuff happens so they can protect their Tamers.

[Guilmon growls, shifting in place. Her military talk flies over his head. Even in his normal mindset, it'd fall outside his understanding.]

Guilmon knows lots about Digimon because he is a Digimon, so I guess I can help. It's dangerous, so you should know this stuff anyway.

[Plus, helping people is good, isn't it? That part of his morality hasn't been completely twisted yet.]

[allidoiswin]

[ People keep throwing around the words 'dangerous' and 'danger', yet Mikasa has yet to see any indication of this world being a threat. The only dangerous thing was abducting her, why even that poor Culumon was scared of her so she's not the type to think of Digimon as anything other than easy to push around pets. ]

What's so dangerous about it if you don't mind me asking.

[guilmon]

People are getting hurt and acting funny.

[He scowls.]

And there's lots of Digimon that do bad things, like hurting others and trying to kill them! Guilmon's seen that happen lots of times.

[Leomon... He's alive here, of course, and death works differently, but it's still a big, scary risk.]

Not all Digimon are small, either. They get bigger and bigger when they evolve. Some as big as buildings! That's why you need to be careful.

[allidoiswin]

[ Creatures as large as buildings don't phase her in the slightest. Her only concern is in getting additional tanks for her gear, but beyond that she has no problem in taking down a large digimon. ]

These Digimon that do bad things... where are they? I'm new to this, all of this, so this is the first I'm hearing of these concerns.

[guilmon]

They're... They're not here right now, but they've been here before! And there were a whole bunch at the castle on File Island.

[And all those Digimon that got turned feral... Stupid virus.]

I think they're hiding. Maybe they've got a base somewhere like all the Devas and Zhuqiaomon did.

[allidoiswin]

Then what are we doing talking about it here?

[ Shifting her weight. ] Let's go find their base and take action against them.

[guilmon]

Mm, good idea! Everyone wants to stay here, but if we go after them, they'll never see it coming!

[He raises his claws, snarling.]

And then we can make them tell us why people are acting funny! They're probably doing something to their heads.

[allidoiswin]

[ People are behaving funny? What can be done to their heads to cause them to behave strangely? Mikasa's suddenly wary towards trusting this creature. He seems too eager to go and attack, reminding her solemnly of another person close to her. ]

How would you get them to tell us what's going on? Do you plan to torture information out of them?

[guilmon]

Torture? Guilmon doesn't do things like that!

[Still, he grrrowls yet again.]

But Guilmon would still fight until they say something. Then they'll have no choice!

[Which is... kind of like torture.]

[allidoiswin]

[ Isn't that the same thing? Something's unhinged here, but Mikasa's been around enough people to know what pressure as well as combat can do to a person not really mentally sound for it. Her words are chosen carefully to make a selection that wouldn't further aggravate his temper. ]

Naturally. Fighting until we get the answers we want is what drives a lot of us.

A plan is still needed. You can't just infiltrate a base without one.

[guilmon]

Okay. Then we can...

[Planning's hard. What's a good tactic that's still immediate?

Oh!]

We can get a great big group of Tamers and Digimon, pack lots of bread, and launch a huge attack before they can fight back!

[allidoiswin]

The bread being used for?

[ She's not thinking about food or anything of the sort. Fighting is just something that's done and supplies handled by those more appropriate for doing so. ]

[guilmon]

Food! You can't fight on an empty stomach. Guilmon knows from experience.

[Somehow, talking about food seems to have temporarily pulled him from his ferocious state. Now he's looking at the camera with a silly grin.]

[allidoiswin]

[ She's done so a number of times, but pretends to understand. ]

Is it because it gets in the way of your concentration? We'd need to take a lot of food with us, but how can we carry it as well as our supplies for battle?

[guilmon]

We could get a bag! One of those sturdy bags that can fit a lot of stuff inside.

[Then again, the last time he packed bread with him on an adventure, it all fell out anyway.]

[allidoiswin]

Who would carry it? [ That's the important question. ]

It'd be difficult for everyone to have to carry a bag of that size themselves.