004: Video

[alive_through_luck]

[This is Duo all curled up in his bathroom. So many videos of the people he knows being turned into animals or machines. ESPECIALLY MACHINES. They all look like mobile suits, and he's just going to stay inside and away from everyone. He does have one thing to say....]

You all are nuts!

[He gulps and narrows his eyes at the feed before he presses his forehead to his knees.]

HisameIwannastaywithyou.

[There's the bang of Terriermon against the door before Duo cuts the feed.]

Comments

[thescaronhisface]

...I'm not the only one here, you know.

[alive_through_luck]

Y-Yeah, I'm realizing that! But it doesn't mean you're not still crazy!

[Nope, still not moving, you talking cat.]

[thescaronhisface]

Okay, I'm used to getting called "vicious" and "horrible" because I eat other animals, but..."crazy's" a new one.

[alive_through_luck]

W-Well...get use to it! 'Cause you're all a load of nutcases!

[thescaronhisface]

What, just for being animals who can talk? Are you serious?

[alive_through_luck]

[Duo doesn't respond at first. He goes completely silent, almost like he's not even there before he mumbles.]

Animals aren't suppose to talk.

[thescaronhisface]

Why's it such a big deal?

[alive_through_luck]

BECAUSE IT IS!

[You have an 8 year old human on your hands, Kovu. You're not going to reason with him...]

Lions don't exist on the colony! Even if they did, they wouldn't talk, and now you're here and you're talking when you shouldn't be able to and--

[The sound of scuffling can be heard, and when Duo speaks next, he's a lot quieter than before.]

J-Just don't talk...

[thescaronhisface]

I'm not gonna go away just because you're scared of me. Be glad you're not something I'd wanna eat.

[alive_through_luck]

S'not like you c'n get to me anyway...

[Because all the doors are locked and he has two Digimon who will beat you up!]

[thescaronhisface]

You're just gonna starve if you stay in there forever. Doesn't sound too smart.

[alive_through_luck]

Not like I ain't gone without eating before, ya know...

[It's half-mumbled, and with the additional distance between himself and the D-Terminal, it's even harder to hear.]

[thescaronhisface]

[It would be, if Kovu didn't have his lion ears right now. Anyway, this is just getting sad.]

Whatever, kid.

[alive_through_luck]

[There's more scuffling even though Duo is quiet, and before anything else can be said, the feed is cut. Sorry, Kovu. Big talking lion is a bit too much for the 8 year old, street rat, space kid.]