Eleventh Goal: A Bad Idea. [Audio] BACKDATED TO MONDAY MORNING

[headup_stickontheice]

[The voice on the feed -- which is just audio, because video at this point would be ridiculous -- is Lucette, not Cam. It's also...distressed.]

The Dark Field. We-- We found it, sort of, it. It's near the Meeting Hall, actually, I...passed through the Reliability District. I think there were...buildings here before, I-- we can't stay near it for too long, I think more Digimon will come out, but--

[Her voice breaks.]

Campbell told me to tell everyone to stay away from it, from this area, since it's, hard to see. He-- He went in, him, and Dante, because, Maya fell into it, so. He told me, to stay here, and.

[It sounds like she's trying to compose herself.]

He said stay away, b-but, I don't know how they'll get out. They just couldn't-- leave, so. Please, I. Help, please.

[With a shaky breath, the feed cuts.]

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[hellspawnedhero]

Will you be safe if I leave you alone?

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[headup_stickontheice]

I can't stay here and wait...neither of us can. Your energy will run out and we'll be two Rookies against an army... I'm going back. To find Neku, and Terri.

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[hellspawnedhero]

I plan to go look for Roze or Vergil. We would cover more ground if we split up, but...will you be alright without the ability to evolve?

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[headup_stickontheice]

I'm fast...and I'm mad. I'll be okay.

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[hellspawnedhero]

Just don't forget your relative power. Don't get involved in fights you have no chance of winning.

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[headup_stickontheice]

I said mad, not stupid. Don't worry.

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[hellspawnedhero]

Tempers can blur the line sometimes.

*After all, the first thing he did when he became Firamon for the first time was attack Dante's brother without considering that he might not have meant to hurt him.*

Good luck.

[revvinguptheharley]

Whattya waiting for? Go in there after him.

[headup_stickontheice]

I'm respecting his request... Besides, that's not something I can fight.

[revvinguptheharley]

Whattya mean you can't fight it? I thought people could find each other in those dark area thingies. And Digimon are stronger then humans right?

[headup_stickontheice]

That doesn't mean I can shield him from it. All Digimon who've gone in have been able to do nothing to help their partners, and if I'm there, he'll just worry.

[revvinguptheharley]

So...basically you guys are useless against these areas and only the humans can make them go away?

[headup_stickontheice]

Haven't you been paying attention?! No one can make them go away! We can only hope they find their way out! They're stuck, and I can't do-- anything!

[revvinguptheharley]

Well there is one thing...it's kind of a long shot though...

[headup_stickontheice]

...What?

[revvinguptheharley]

Well Digimanz and humans are connected emotionally right? But so far we've only seen that connection go one way. Humans give digimon power.

So what if you could make it go the other way? You gotta believe in him as hard as you possibly can. Clap your hands. Sing! Whatever it takes. Even if he can't hear you, you guys are together in this. So make sure he knows you're with him.

[headup_stickontheice]

[Honestly and seriously Lucette is quiet, quiet and surprised, and all that can be heard is probably a light, choked stammer. But when she does manage to speak...]

Yes. Yes, I guess I can try that.

[revvinguptheharley]

What were you expecting me to say? Go in there anyway?

I mean sure I think that would be a better idea but you're stubborn so I'm not gonna hammer on something you don't wanna do.

[headup_stickontheice]

...Thank you. ...When he gets out...if he needs help...please help me with him.

[revvinguptheharley]

That's my job! To the best of my knowledge anyway.

[knightfan]

What the hell do you mean "help?" You shouldn't have listened to the dumbass in the first place. What kind of partner are you, letting him march headfirst into a dangerous area? You should have went in with him.

[headup_stickontheice]

Dark Fields aren't something I can fight! And if I went in with him, don't you think he'd be worrying more? The more people in danger, the more Campbell panics, and-- and panicking in there is the last thing he needs--

[She breaks off.]

I-- would've made it worse.

[knightfan]

So let him worry. If something happens to him, he won't be around to worry anymore. You should be there to cover him. Both of you made a bad judgment call.

[headup_stickontheice]

...Do you know what happens when Campbell worries? What he's done? I can't...I won't.

[knightfan]

...Fine. If anything happens to him, I'm holding you personally responsible.

[ Sure, he can't do much to a Digimon. That doesn't mean he won't try. If Cam survives the dark field, he might take a swing at him, too. ]

[headup_stickontheice]

I am too.

[She sounds awfully weary at that, and it's about all she can take from the hot-headed knight. No more feed from her.]

[fuhrinkaed]

[This is the most somber voice to have ever come out of this little derp.]

...I'll come up with something.

[headup_stickontheice]

You were in the Dark Field before, right? You got out with a crest! Crests work, right?

[fuhrinkaed]

They do, but I don't know how they work or anything like that.
I'll head for the Dark Zone... even if I don't go in, I can stay out and be ready to guide them back.

I'm sure it'll work out. Okay?

[headup_stickontheice]

......Campbell told me to keep people away...

[How pitiful she sounds.]

Mm. Mm. Okay.

[fuhrinkaed]

...Don't worry. I won't go in this time.

[Even if I want to.]

[and it goes against every instinct i have to not go in]

[surely this won't end in something dumb.]

[headup_stickontheice]

[Lucette's too worried and distracted to question it, unfortunately.]

...Thank you...

[reply comes a few hours later]

[howamanlives]

[sound of heavy, labored breathing, explosions in the distance]

Hey.

It's Masaru. He sill in there?

[headup_stickontheice]

They all are.

[She sounds so hopeless.]

[howamanlives]

Dammit.

Hold on, Lucette. Agumon and I are coming to help.

[headup_stickontheice]

Y-you can't go in! Campbell told me to make sure no one goes in!

[howamanlives]

And the longer they stay in there, the more danger they're in.

I've got ShineGreymon. Who has the best chance of saving them right now?

[headup_stickontheice]

You think blasting at it would really do something?

[howamanlives]

Only part of it. But it needs to be someone whose prepared to handle whatever that thing can throw at them, right?!

[headup_stickontheice]

Yes... yes, of course. That's why he told me to leave, because I'm just... Yes. They'll be out. They will and when they are, they can't have anything trying to attack them.

[howamanlives]

He should have still brought you. How did he expect to beat all that goes on in those things without a partner to support him?!

[headup_stickontheice]

I made such a mistake. I should've made him take me.

[howamanlives]

You know what?

Stop that. Right now.

It's not your fault. Well, not entirely your fault. Take it from someone who has a history of making bad decisions, Lucette... you and Cam both have a problem with them!

Neither of you can change if you don't realize that.

[headup_stickontheice]

[The intensity of it snaps Lucette out of guilting herself; she stares, a little shocked.]

I- I-I will. Of course, I-- I will.

[howamanlives]

Good.

Now we'll be there soon. Be ready for anything.