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So, uhm...

[ Shannon clears his throat. ]

This is belated, and not really my style, but I'd like to apologize for not getting the emergency response team mobilized or even put together in time for the attack on Terminal Tokyo last week. Now that things have begun to settle, could I get a show of hands for how many of you are still around?

[ Beat, and then he attaches the current roster: here. Well, Kera does it for him, but semantics. ]

Anyone who's interested in the idea can fill out that attached forum and I'll add you as well. This lull is probably our best bet to getting everyone up to speed and hopefully training everyone in the skills they want or need.

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I'm waiting to see if the new town gets destroyed too. If two weeks go by and nobody tries to blow up that one, then I'll leave.

He said he was going to build an apocalypse bunker otherwise.

And maybe conquer San Francisco in the name of . . . France or something. I don't know, we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Conquer it in the name of America. It's not like it's in America anymore, might as well make sure it stays in the right hands.

Bunker sounds good right about now. Could have used one of those. [ Grumblegrumble. ]

California's practically another country, though, so maybe I'll just conquer it in the name of California.

You're, like. The least Chosen ever.

. . . That made absolutely no sense, Tugs.

You're talking about conquering an island! You're supposed to be saving the Digital World!

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

[INTENSELY FRUSTRATED GROWLING. Leormon is so done with Ryan.]

He has no idea how to take a joke, does he?

[ This just makes Shannon even more amused than before. ]

What if we're saving it by making it our own, huh?

Mimi and I tried to explain jokes to him once and it was a headache for everyone. I do like the idea of saving the Digital World by making it ours, though. That's what Britain did.

Were those the people with lots of viruses?

Something like that, yes.

No wonder you and the fake get along so well, you're probably a fake Chosen.

And yet here you are.

Hah! If you can't even get along, you're no better than a fake yourself!

Hey, at this point, I'm open for trying anything. Go ahead, conquer San Francisco, let's see if it makes a difference.

It's not my fault he's difficult.

It's not my fault you don't see the value in conquering San Francisco. That's okay, Mimi will help me.

Only if I get a crown.

The shiniest and sparkliest one I can find.

Nah, it's just your fault you're a bad partner!

[ At this point, Shannon has gotten used to steamrolling over what Kera says. Let the digimon fend for himself. ]

Hey, no one said anything about a monarchy getting put in place.

I don't want to rule anything. I just want a new crown. We only took the backpack when we left Terminal Tokyo, so the other one went [Creative explosion noises here.]

What can I say? My partner believes in accessorizing.

You guys are weird.

You're too normal.

Hey, maybe you can find someone who remembered to bring their glitter with them.

. . . I'm in San Francisco. Isn't the Castro made of glitter?

[His room back home was made of glitter, it only figures that a large concentration of gay people would also generate a large amount of glitter.]

It had better come in red.

Wouldn't know. I'm from Chicago. [ Also blind. ]

There's probably dye somewhere if you have to get creative.

I mean, you'd think a gay mecca would have at least a little glitter. Probably even in red.

Why do you even know any of this.

I'm a theatre major. [Ryan that doesn't explain anything.]

[ Dude it explains everything. ]

Your only problem is whether it's all been used by now or not.

Digimon can't possibly have a use for all the glitter in San Francisco. [Them's fighting words, Ryan.] What are they going to do, make glitter bombs?

What makes you think it wasn't all used up before it got here?

[ There's a voice in the background. It isn't Shannon's partner... It's Eli. ]

See? I told you we should have stayed. Glitter, Shannon. And other wonderfully fabulous things I know you wouldn't appreciate.

Gee, I sure do wonder why I don't appreciate such a visually-appealing substance!

I'm pretty sure drag queens keep extra glitter for emergencies. I do. [There's probably still a jar of body glitter in the backpack. You never know when you might need to suddenly become Puck.] Although I guess if it was closer to June, we might have a problem.

You should tell your friend to come conquer San Francisco with me.

I'd love to, but he wouldn't let me do it when we stopped there. He doesn't understand.

It's because I'm straight, isn't it? Your prejudice is showing, Eli.

Or it could just be that you're a spoilsport. Really, who doesn't want to conquer an island?

Normal Chosen, that's who. Stop making friends with bad people!

I'm sure this Eli can't be bad. His name is Eli.

How many Chosen do you know besides us? Have you taken a poll?

Eli's great, by the way. We just have some... creative differences to deal with at times.

I know lots of Chosen. [The answer is sullen and defensive.]

Tugs is a liar. [Mimi is another story.] And creative differences can be a pain.

[Sometimes they end in you having to sell your Tiki Warrior costume on ebay.]

But have you asked them what kinda stuff they would or wouldn't do?

Isn't it through adversity comes greatness?

Chosen are supposed to be good!

[Ryan's just ignoring Leormon at this point.] Adversity mostly breeds backstabbing and plot twists in my experience.

Chosen are supposed to be helpful.

[ Shannon is just aiding his partner in being a shit right now. This is the secret to the two of them getting along. ]

I can deal with plot-twists. Pretty sure I've had enough backstabbing to last me several lifetimes.

Conquering an island isn't helpful!

[Ryan's still ignoring Leormon. It worked with Rocketman, it'll work with Leormon.]

You saying that is like asking for something to go wrong here. It's bad karma to say you've had too much of something.

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