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[shamanicdata]

[In the late afternoon, Sakuyamon pops up on the D-Terminals again. She's on a ship now, and the background behind her rises and falls with the waves.]

Captain Hookmon has just arrived. However, we won't be leaving until the sun rises, so if you would like to come with me there is still time. [A beat.] I will be back in the future, if you are still undecided.

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[badluckbabe]

Captain Hookmon?

...pirates?

[shamanicdata]

[Sakuyamon sighs.] Yes. That is their preferred title.

[badluckbabe]

Alright, now you have my attention.

Tell me more~

[shamanicdata]

About Captain Hookmon and his crew? [She thinks.] They are good friends to have, even if they are a little violent. I would venture to say that no one knows the waters of the Digital World better than them, and while their idea of fun is rather different than mine, they know how to, as they say, "have a good time."

[The airquotes are audible, even though Sakuyamon doesn't make them. It's obvious that she finds their idea of fun dubious at best.]

[badluckbabe]

Sounds like my kind of crew.

And they're part of the team your setting up in your Holy Forest?

[shamanicdata]

I'm not setting up a team. [She wants to keep the Chosen from the Gods. It's a little different.] But Captain Hookmon and his crew are loyal to me, as are the Digimon who live in The Forest, if that is what you mean. Should you chose to come with us, I would not expect the same of you.

I would only expect that you don't burn The Forest down to the ground or pick fights for no reason.

[badluckbabe]

So you're gathering up a bunch of chosen and their partners to take them back to your super cool hidden base and you're NOT planning on using them to further your own goals?

Seems like a waste of talent to me.

[shamanicdata]

The Forest is a safe haven for Digimon. Many of them are loyal to me, but I do not require it of them and I would not require it of the Chosen. If they choose to help me that is a different story. [She sighs.] I would be lying if I said that I didn't hope they would choose to do so, but I will not force them to.

[badluckbabe]

Well no of course not. Forcing chosen to do something just makes them want to do it less.

So just what sort of "Help" are you gonna be asking for but not insisting we volunteer because it's totally voluntary?

[shamanicdata]

It depends on when the Gods make their move. [She shakes her head.] I know not what they plan, but I know that it is unwise to trust the cause of the problem. The whole world might burn to the ground before they realize what they've done.

[badluckbabe]

Glad to know you're just as oblivious as we are.

Well if nothing else it should be entertaining.

[shamanicdata]

I would rather not see my homeworld burn. [It's just a statement, the tone isn't accusatory or anything.] And no, I don't know anything more than what you all likely know - although Minervamon did clear up where the lines within the Olympus XII lie.