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[yamatosheir]

[ There is a Keramon on the network who looks vaguely concerned. ]

Do humans come with a factory warranty? I think I broke mine because I squeezed him too hard! Should I return him for a new human? Or bring him somewhere for repairs? Because he's been poking his arm for a while now and mumbling about something not working.

[ Keramon moves the camera a little to show Nero who is clearly sitting at a table in Hospitown's cafe. He also is in fact prodding his arm. Of course hi arm is also blue and covered with this red ridges and scales. He also might look somewhat similar to a certain pair of half demon twins to those familiar with them. ]

See? SEE?

[ The wild flailing of his spindly comically long arm attracts Nero's attention and he looks up with a scowl. ]

Hey! Don't play with that. It's not a toy.

[ He reaches out with the demony looking hand as if he's about to grab it even though he's clearly too far to reach.  That seems to occur to him, and with a frown, he gets up to take it from him instead. ]

This squidbug's gonna be the death of me...

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[yamatosheir]

Old man?

[ And no, he is not relieved at all to see you, like whatever okay maybe just a bit ]

What are you doing here?

[ And then he just... snorts a little. ]

...Did you just fall off a giant ass bird into the ocean?

[hellspawnedhero]

No, I fell off a normal sized lion into the ocean. Kid just happens to have wings.

You know, it gets a bit confusing when you call everyone that.

...I'll think of somethin'. Anyway, I'm here for the same reason as you. Thought they gave out orientation packets or somethin'.

[yamatosheir]

You can stop calling ME 'Kid' you know.

Kid! Kid!

[ ...omg Dante look at what you're doing here. ]

Yeah some guy talked forever about it. I guess I was just surprised to see you again so soon, or like at all.

[hellspawnedhero]

*There's that obnoxious Dante grin everyone knows and hatesloves.*

Now, how's that fair? You were the kid first.

And you tryin' to tell me you were never gonna come visit? Here I thought we were startin' to make friends.

[yamatosheir]

Geezer.

[ Fuck your grin. ]

Well I've never actually left the island before and I know I need to take a ferry to the mainland first... and then, uh...

[ read: He's not sure if he can figure out how to get anywhere not Fortuna, and it's a little nerve-wracking. Hell he can probably count the number of times he's been in a car on one hand. The streets of Fortuna were not exactly built for them. ]

[hellspawnedhero]

The extra years come with extra wisdom, punk.

Like how to catch a plane.

[yamatosheir]

Why would you catch a plane? You ride in it.

[ He rolls his eyes. Omg even he knows that. ]

[hellspawnedhero]

*He blinks a couple times, trying to figure out if this guy is for real...and then bursts out laughing so hard he has to clutch onto Kid's mane to keep from falling off again. Salamon responds to this by jumping over the D-T and onto Kid's head.*

[yamatosheir]

[ Nero frowns and fumes because he's preeeeetty sure the old man's laughing at him. And he can't figure out why and that's pissing him off. ]

The hell's so funny?!

[hellspawnedhero]

*Just a sec, he needs to get his laughter under control and wipe away a few tears.*

C'mon kid, you really think planes just sit around all day waitin' for someone to hop in? You gotta get there at the right time or they're gonna leave without ya.

[yamatosheir]

I know that!

[ He huffs and he's red in the face. He is sorely tempted to just turn this damn thing off but that would be like admitting defeat in this little interaction. ]

If you miss one you can just get on the next one anyways.

[hellspawnedhero]

*He holds his finger up like he's sharing an incredibly important and solemn lesson.*

Nope! You gotta ride the one you told 'em you wanted. They ain't gonna bother making sure there's room on the next one for slowpokes.

[yamatosheir]

Whatever, not like that's gonna help me here anyways.

[ Nero speech for: I'm embarrassed, let's drop this. ]

You been here for a few days already or something?

[hellspawnedhero]

Try a few months, kid. Time's a bit funny here, people ain't always from the same point.

[yamatosheir]

A few months? I'm not gonna be stuck here that long am I?

[hellspawnedhero]

Probably. Better get used to your squidbug, since he's gonna be the only way you can defend yourself worth shit around here.

[yamatosheir]

Well I still have Red Queen. I haven't had time to check her out since coming here though. But this thing though...

[ He lifts up his arm that is noticeably not glowing. ]

Keramon's right it's not working. Kinda sucks.

[hellspawnedhero]

Not just that, all your demonic powers are shot. Only people that've got powers here are the digimon, and human weapons ain't gonna work against 'em.

[yamatosheir]

[ He snorts in annoyance. ]

Yeah I figured all of 'em were gone. It's annoying, sometimes I just... wanna fight something really bad.

[ aka rip something apart with his Devil Bringer. ]

[hellspawnedhero]

I know the feeling, kid. It pisses me off too, but there ain't much we can do about it right now. Best we can do is find another Chosen to brawl with and let off some steam.

[yamatosheir]

That's not the same!

[ He's whining a little now and he knows it. ]

Guess I kinda have to make do though.

[hellspawnedhero]

I know it ain't, but it's better than sittin' around and goin' soft around the middle. But hey, 'least you still got your claws. I ain't even got that much.

*He never thought he'd miss his demon form this much.*

[yamatosheir]

What? These things are the worst if they've got no powers behind them.

[ He rolls his eyes. ]

I have them 24/7, remember? I've ripped so many shirts and if I'm not careful waking up sometimes I forget about them and scratch with that hand instead of my left.

[hellspawnedhero]

That's just 'cause you ain't used to 'em. Give it time, kid. You'll get the hang of it sooner or later.

[yamatosheir]

I wish I didn't have to get used to it. It's useful but... [ he heaves a sigh. ] How come you don't have any weird parts? Aren't we supposed to be related or something?