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[Hi, travellers and Hospitown refugees! There's static, and then a transmission. And pink. Lots of pink. the camera focuses in, and out a little - and the blurry pink turns into a face. A worried looking face. It's a Biyomon!]

H-hello. This is my first transmission. My name is Biyomon. I finally found my destined, so it's nice to meet you all. I hope to work with you. Please be kind to me.

[And there's a small amount of murmuring behind her. A teenage boy has his back to the camera and appears to be lying down, sleeping heavily. There might be quite a bit of seeming nonsense coming out of his mouth, with heavy snoring.]

This... is my destined. If he were awake, I'm sure he would introduce himself, but he's not too good at the sleeping... at night thing. Um, anyway... it's about him that I have a question. I was wondering if any... experienced with humans Digimon listening might be kind enough to answer. It's... complicated.

[There's a small pause, and Biyomon looks downward for a short time, then back to the lens.]

He... doesn't want to work with me.

Since he's arrived, all he's been interested in are affairs that have been going on in his own world. It's not his fault. He's worried for his friends - We're connected. That's how I know. I've heard everything that's happened to him - felt them - like I was there - since I was a Digi-egg, and... I understand he's scared right now.

[Another pause.]

Anyway... He's got amnesia. He's had it for a long time, and it drives him almost mad. I can feel how frustrated he gets, even if he hides it. I told him recently that if he helps me, us, the Digital World -- then I'd fill in the gaps for him. He... got angry that I'd hold something like that to ransom.

Eventually he agreed, of course -- but... this isn't how I thought it'd be at all. I've known him all of my life, and... I wanted, more than anything, to be his friend. That's why I left my island to come here, that's why -- I feel horrible about what I said. And I'm worried. I've heard that if someone's sleepwalking, you don't wake them up. That it's the worst thing! What if it's the same with memory loss? What if telling him things makes something awful happen to him?

I also feel horrible about telling him if he travels with me, I'll fill in the gaps. I've known him all my life. I like him. I wanted, more than anything, to be his friend, but... friends don't have conditions. I'm scared he'll never see me as a friend now.

...This has been more longwinded than I would like. I'm sorry. But if anyone can help... I'd really appreciate it.

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[Pink, meet purple. There's a dorumon on the other side, sitting back, looking thoughtful. Where his Chosen is, is a bit of a mystery.]

"Hello again. Maybe he just needs to know you a little better. My own Chosen doesn't seem to want to work with me either, but I think all I have to do is prove I'm good enough, and worthy to work with."

[It's a bit of a jagged pill to swallow, waiting that long and then thinking maybe you're just not worth their time, but it's an opening. Something can be done. Biyomon's situation..]

"My Chosen's worried about his friends too. I don't think that'll go away, not for mine or for yours. But ... I .. honestly? If that's what it takes to get your partner willing to help save the world, then it's a small price to pay. Maybe we can't be friends with them, all the time. But we don't need to be friends to save everything."

[It's clearly not an idea the dorumon even remotely LIKES, but it's an accepted possibility.]

"I don't know a lot about amnesia though. I don't think it'll actually cause any harm.. but sometimes, friendship takes a little while to grow. We've known about them all our lives, but they only know about us now. They haven't been waiting, they don't understand yet. So just.. give it time. Eventually I'm sure you and he will find a common ground to build a friendship on. And then everything will be better."

[He sounds certain of it.]

[Hello, purple! Biyomon looks thoughtful for a few seconds before she recognizes the purple puffball.]

"Hello, Dorumon. It's... I know he'll do anything to find out about himself. Even help us. I know that what we're supposed to do doesn't require any more friendship than what it takes to digivolve to a high enough rank to be able to do something but-"

[Another tiny pause.]

"...Did you think your chosen was the kindest, smartest, most amazing human being ever? I did. I still do. And now I'm worried I won't be able to be his friend ever because he hates me for what I said. I dreamt of this day for so long - he's... amazing. I need to be close to him. He's everything that's good about humans and I never thought he'd hate me for offering the truth as some sort of bait. No. Anyone would hate me for it. I just... got so scared he'd leave. It was the only way to keep him here. If... that can be forgiven in time..."

[Dorumon's words make her hope, anyway. He might forgive her! One day!
But. There's the other thing.]

"I promised him I'd tell him everything that was taken from him, if he travelled with me and saved the Digital World. But... that stuff...

I'm scared that as soon as he learns - No. I know when he learns everything that's been taken away from his memories, he'll want to go home even more. I know he will."

[There's a small, defeated sigh.]

"...I shouldn't have thrown that stuff around. It's good to know his head won't blow up when I tell him, but..."

"Probably we all think that way about our Chosen. They're ours, they have to be the best. Right? I don't think any of us believe otherwise. Of course only one of us can be right but it really doesn't matter who. To me, mine is the best there could ever be. To you, yours is. And that's all that matters."

[Explaining that sort of lifelong devotion to a species that DOESN'T exist that way is tricky, but there shouldn't be a problem with another partnered digimon. An unpartnered one might have difficulty with it.. but them? They've waited for years. Sometimes longer. And now, at last, they can finally meet.]

"I can't say it's really good to lie, Biyomon, but you did it with the best of intentions. I'm sure he'll see that, one day. Until then, I guess all you can do is be the best partner you can. Watch him, listen to him, see what he really needs and wants in a digimon. It might mean you'll need to change a bit of your behavior for him, but he'll probably have an easier time because of it. And then when the time comes that he finds out you lied, you'll have more than the lie between both of you."

[The dorumon gestures a bit with small foreclaws.]

"I think that's going to be the most important thing for you. Just building something else, so it isn't just you, him, and the deception. He can't leave, remember. Not yet. So don't worry. By the time they can go home.. maybe they'll want to take us with them."

[That was a personal, desperate hope.. but if he felt it, surely other digimon did too.]

"I suppose..."

[Biyomon looks even more worried for a moment as she listens to what Dorumon has to say, a clawed wing coming to scratch lightly at her beak.]

"But I'm not going to lie. I've told him I'll tell him everything, so I'll tell him everything I know, when everything's okay here. Especially if it won't hurt him... physically. And if I need to change, I will... "

[And! She's never thought of going back to Luxendarc with him! She suddenly raises her voice, eyes wide.]

"...That's perfect!"

[The human behind her stirs, and she clasps her clawwings over her beak. Fortunately, he's not awake, just in the midst of a nightmare. Now, she decides to whisper.]

"Then we can be together all the time. I'll never have to worry about him leaving! Or going back and failing to protect the angel! I'll be a warrior of light too! T-then, if there's me there too, maybe he won't... "

[She's cut off by the youth's torso suddenly raising, and a scream coming from the back of his throat. Something very similar to a death rattle comes from him, and a single word. "Why."]

... He has nightmares every time he sleeps... I need to wake him up. I'll talk to you later, I hope. T-thanks, Dorumon! For everything!

[Everything's so complicated!]

"Good luck, Biyomon. I hope things go right for you and your partner!"

[He seems to mean it too. But if Ringabel is waking up, then there wasn't any time to further elaborate; who knows whether or not their human partners would LIKE them messing around with their stuff when they're asleep.]

[A Lopmon answers, a bit of concern making him frown.]

I don't know about amnesia, but my partner's got a lot of problems too. We used to fight all the time. He wasn't even human before, so he didn't know about any of the stuff here, like the buildings or the food. It made him really angry, and it took forever for him to trust me. He...

[He swallows, and fidgets a little.]

He had a really horrible life where he came from. Just because of who he was, no one ever listened to him, or let him do anything. They made him fight all the time, and told him things that weren't even true. He thought everyone hated him, and he didn't even know how to have fun.

He was scared to meet anyone new when he got here, and of all the stuff about being a Chosen. But he got to be friends with a lot of the other Chosen, and he's a lot better now. One of them was even someone he used to know, and she's been trying really hard to help him. He keeps getting worried that he's gonna do something that'll make them all hate him, but no one has yet. I don't think he's talked to anyone that he hasn't gotten to be friends with.

It's been more than half a year now, but he really is getting better, and I think your partner will, too. If yours gets another Digimon like mine did, then you'll have some more help with him, too.

Edited 2014-01-09 20:01 (UTC)

[Biyomon looks thoughtful at that. Other species than human were taken here, too? That's news. But Kovu's story sounds no less of an event than any of theirs. And it's really saddening, actually.]

I'm happy that being here made his life better, even if this is just temporary. His world, his place in that world, doesn't sound good...

[Definately not! And Biyomon appears to have a lightbulb moment.]

... Maybe one day his friends will come here too. At least knowing if they're alive has to help him too, right?

[Lopmon shuts his eyes, and opens them slowly.]

Kovu didn't have a very good life, but if someone like him can still make a lot of friends here, I think your partner could, too. And if Kovu got lucky enough to have someone he knows come here, I bet some of your partner's friends might show up too.

But you can still be friends with him yourself. Kovu and I haven't fought in a long time, except when we're playin' around with each other and his other partner Strabimon.

Aren't you worried about what'll happen when he goes back?

[Biyomon suddenly gives a small start and pauses, realizing that her question is pretty abrupt. Of course, this started about Ringabel, but Kovu's situation seems pretty terrible in itself.]

...When this is over, I mean. I don't want to let my destined go back... not now, not ever. Not when here, nothing terrible will happen to him. You're.. not going to let Kovu go back to that, are you?

[Lopmon blinks.]

I...I never thought of that. But-

[He swallows again, and rubs at the tips of his ears.]

It's confusing, but the other one from his world came from after a whole lot of stuff happened, that he didn't get to do yet. She said that Kovu has someone really important to him back home, and the two of them have something really big that they have to do.

[He looks down at his hands, and holds his ears a little tighter.]

I-I don't want him to go back, but he has to. If he doesn't, he'll never be able to do what she was talking about, and...he won't really be happy, no matter what happens here.

[The thought is sobering. Someday...Kovu will have to leave, even after all they've been through together.]

Edited (clarity >.>) 2014-01-09 22:12 (UTC)

"Won't really be happy..."

[Biyomon's just going to echo that for a moment, turning her eyes downward in thought.]

My chosen's going to die if he goes back. ...Humans don't go back to being eggs again if they die. It's permanent - they just stop working and don't break down into data. They just break down. He's got a book, which tells his future. It's like it was written by him in the future, and somehow brought back.

...The last page is covered in this red water they're filled with, and the last entry says he failed. I don't know if I can tell myself returning will make him happy.

[Lopmon inhales sharply. He almost says something, but pauses, thinking.]

I bet a lot of the other Chosen aren't gonna go back to anything good, either. But...even if something bad's gonna happen to them, do you think it's fair to keep them here forever? Your partner's got people he cares about, and...even if he's going to die, he still has to get back there and try. What if he finds some way to make things happen different from how the book says they will?

[Biyomon's just going to look thoughtful. And very, very unsure.]

It's not fair to keep him here...

[Even more unsure! And it's apparent by the sound of scraping, she's tightening her claws on the floor. When Lopmon puts it like that, it's difficult to respond.]

I'm just worried if he goes back, that'll be it. If the book says he's going to die, and he does, then I won't hear him any more.

[and that's too sad!]

[Lopmon swallows hard, and rubs at his ears again, looking down at them for a few seconds.]

I don't think...

...I don't think it's good for us to be worrying about them going back, when they're still here with us. We don't get to choose when they go anyway. So we should just try to help them while we're around, right?

[That won't solve Biyomon's problem, though...]

You're right... Thanks for yur help with this. I don't think I'd of ever seen it in that way without you.

[She's just going to lower her eyes, and scrape her claws against the floor for a little while.]

I'll try not to. But it's not fair..

[Lopmon's gaze falls too.]

It's not as bad as what happened before they got here, though.

[ sure is a dragon face in the camera. he isn't smiling... but nodding. ]

It sure sounds like you blew it, all right.

Ryu!

[ that's Sora, off camera. chiding. dude, you do not say stuff like that so bluntly! the digimon looks to his partner and then back to the screen. ]

It's true though, you know. There is no honor in behaving that way. Essentially blackmailing him to work with you will not bring you any closer nor does it build the trust that is needed between Chosen and their digimon partners. Furthermore -

[ but before Ryu can finish, Vixie shoves his head down to talk to the other digimon instead. ]

Before this cranky guy gets going... It's never too late for friendship, Biyomon. Something like this can be salvaged, so even though maybe you didn't go about this the best way... There's still hope, okay?

[To Ryudamon!]

I know. I feel horrible about it now, even if his head won't really blow up when I tell him. It's exactly as you said, I-

[And Vixie, at the headshoving!]

Do you think something like that can?

Sure it can!

[ and there is Sora, completing the picture. on top of Vixie. have a Chosen and partner totem pole. at least his smile is bright? Ryu looks annoyed, but not saying much. he is, unfortunately, used to this. ]

Some of my friends I didn't exactly meet with first good impressions. It won't be easy, but it's not impossible.

It wouldn't hurt to apologize and explain this to him either.

[Okay that was adorable. And despite Biyomon's (self-inflicted!) misery, she's going to laugh. A little. Especially at Ryudamon's face.]

...I'll try.
Both things. Apologizing, and explaining.

[ and this seems to brighten Vixie's face. ]

Oh, a laugh! That's improvement.

[ Sora, grinning, looks down to his two partners. ]

Mission accomplished?

[ Ryu rolls his eyes. but even he's fighting a LITTLE grin. ]

I wouldn't go that far. Not until everything's settled.

[There's a small nod at that.]

I'll try as hard as I can to settle things. Even if it takes forever...

I'm sure it won't take forever...

[ Hi Biyomon! Meet... Biyomon. His partner;s a bit busy right now, so he's going to go ahead and talk to him about this one. ]

Yeah. Telling him it like that... that probably didn't help a lot. I don't have experience with humans with amnesia. But making it seem like you don't want to tell him unless he works with you isn't going to help them. It's the same as with two digimon, really.

... Though in this case it's different. If you're really going to tell him what his memories are like, you're going to need a lot of time to really do that. Maybe you should... I don't know, give him the option of leaving after you're done telling him everything. You're going to need several days to do it, after all.

[Despite her worry, there's a small smile and a raise of a clawed wing at another of her kind. But her head soon lowers, and she looks a touch sheepish. Really, she's mortified at the situation. It's her doing, but she's still mortified.]

...Yes. I shouldn't have said it, I should have just stayed quiet or told him that no matter how hard he tried no-one could leave, but I really thought he'd like me if I had something he wanted...

[A small shake of the head.]

... I need to go with him, if he goes anywhere. It's not like he can defend himself here, so I'll take him away from HospiTown. I think that's probably best...

I don't know if that's a good idea either. Especially now, with everything that's going on. I mean, not that we know for sure that HospiTown is going to be safe considering what happened to the last city... but wandering around everywhere isn't really going to work out all that well. There's probably a lot of other digimon who might want to attack you two.

Edited 2014-01-11 01:58 (UTC)

[That! Yes, the last city.]

... I heard the last city just vanished. Is that true?

I really should take him away from HospiTown and ...people to explain this to him though. He's not going to take any of it well. I-It's not like he's going to hurt anyone -- he'd never -- but he'd want to be away from others when he found out. If he ran off by himself and got hurt, it'd be terrible...

It was less 'vanished' and more 'it was blown up'.

But are his memories really that bad?

[ He's a little bit, well, concerned about all of this. How did the other Biyomon even know that the partner's memories were right? He and Chika didn't have that kinda of link, so it was a little hard to believe. ]

[Something about the girl that's currently on he screen seems sad. It's kind of hard to pinpoint what it is, though, since she's smiling and seems happy enough.]

Not every Chosen gets along with their Digimon. One of my partners and I very rarely agree on anything and I didn't like her that much at first.

[An offscreen party snorts.] That's 'cause Lalamon's the biggest digijerk in the Digital World. Nobody likes Lalamon at first.

True. [Shiki gives a small laugh.] She's a handful, that's for sure. The point I was really trying to make here, though, was that sometimes you have to give a little to get a little - does that make sense?

What are you always telling us? "Trust has to be earned"?

Yes. Trust has to be earned - you can't expect your Chosen to drop everything and trust you. Especially if they're not the sort who does that naturally.

Give a little...

[There's a small pause.]

I guess an apology would help...

It's a start, yes. [Shiki looks away.] It's . . . not nice to keep important things from people close to you.

Like your boyfriend.

[Shiki glares at the offscreen party.] Or your Chosen.

[Biyomon's just going to tilt her head slightly.]

...It sounds like your group are going through something like that...

It's cleared up now.

[The D-Terminal is grabbed from Shiki, and a Floramon pops up on screen. The picture keeps changing angle abruptly, like the D-Terminal is being kept away from Shiki while Floramon is talking.]

Shiki's, like, the queen of withholding important information because she's, like. Convinced that what happens to her isn't important to anyone but her even though it's pretty clear that Neku is worried about her because to tell other people about her problems is giving them trouble. It's nice, but also really annoying. So, you know. I bet your guy feels kind of the same way I do when Shiki is being silly except worse, because I like Shiki but your guy doesn't even know you that well, probably.

Ooo amnesia huh? Neato! What's the last thing he remembers?

A whole bunch of things happened after he got it which he remembers just fine, but stuff before it happened? Nothing... Not his name, or his birthplace, or his family, old memories or anything.

...I guess offering that kind of information as a reward was mean. But I thought..

Nah! You did great birdie!

See it's one of those "Special Circumstances" You know? The needs of the many out weigh the needs of him.

All you gotta do is make up a bunch of stuff about him and really sell it! Make it sound like you know everything about him and he should be thankful that you're willing to help him in the first place!

[If she did good, why does it feel so horrible? There's a small amount of doubt in her eyes, but it's entirely overwhelmed by the surprise of hearing that.]

...But I do know. I've heard every breath he;s taken since I was a digi-egg and--

[wait. WAIT.]

. . . .

Lying... That's right! I could make up that nothing bad happened to him at all, that his life was normal and boring and nothing ever happened to him and he's totally not --

That's perfect!!

Just don't play it up too much~ After all everyone's life is a little interesting. He might not believe you if he's the most boring person in the world!

But I like where your head is. If you play this right you might convince him not only that he is as good as you think he is, but even better!

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