Act 002

[yayashton]

[A Candlemon appears onscreen. It seems highly concerned, and it's whispering.]

Um, guys? Ryan told me I'm not supposed to use the D-terminal, but this is an emergency.

[The camera turns toward Ryan, who is singing and dancing. It seems a little frenzied, and he's obviously sweaty like he's been at it for a couple of hours.]

He's been doing this for the past couple of hours, and he hasn't stopped. I think he's going to hurt himself if he keeps it up. Please, help!

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[action]

[fuhrinkaed]

[>View video.

>Shut off video.

>Walk to his room and knock.]

Ryan..?

[action]

[yayashton]

[Mimi answers the door.]

Ed! Ed, you have to help.

Re: [action]

[fuhrinkaed]

...Can we just have Guilmon tackle him? [That'd be fastest, right?]

Hey! Guilmon!

[action]

[yayashton]

I guess so . . . just don't hurt him! [She doesn't want him to, like. Die or anything.]

[action]

[fuhrinkaed]

Right.

What's up, Ed?

I need you to hold down Ryan for us. Don't hurt him, okay?

...Okee-dokie! [And without any provocation at all, there is a Guilmon trying to subdue Ryan by sitting on him.]

[action]

[yayashton]

[Oof! Ryan goes down without much of a fight. He seems kind of dazed.]

Wha . . . what happened?

You scared me, that's what!

[action]

[fuhrinkaed]

Temporary insanity. You kept dancing around. I thought your head was going to come off.

You did?

'course I did. You saw how his neck was moving during the dance routine.

[action]

[yayashton]

I . . . I'm feeling kind of weird and this song I just can't stop even though there's no muuuuuusic. [Ryan covers his mouth.]

Ryan? Are you okay? [Ryan shakes his head.]

[video]

[hibunny]

[Hibiki looks mildly disturbed.]

Did something... happen to him, earlier?

[video]

[yayashton]

[The Candlemon thinks for a moment.]

Not that I can think of. I wasn't worried for the first hour, because sometimes he does this, but then he didn't stop and he's not listening to me.

[video]

[hibunny]

[Hibiki's eyes go wide.]

An hour of dancing is normal?

[He's so not fit enough to do that himself.]

[video]

[yayashton]

[Mimi nods.] He practices for about an hour every day. Ryan's really good when he's not like . . . this.

[video]

[hibunny]

Still... That's a lot of dancing. Maybe he'll get tired soon?

[video]

[yayashton]

Oh, Ed just had Guilmon tackle him. Apparently Ryan's all glitchy!

[video]

[hibunny]

Er-- Is he okay after being tackled by a dragon?

[Video 1/2]

[destinedforrock]

[Oh, a showman, do we have here? And a hardworking one at that, with a bit of a cute song...]

[Video 2/2]

[destinedforrock]

[And then the rest of the Digimon's words reach her.

Much too hardworking, then.

Short inward gasp.] Why - humans can't get the Cutie Pox, can they?

[Video]

[yayashton]

[Candlemon looks confused.]

What's a cutie-pox? [It glances away from the screen and then back toward it.] And how do you cure it?

[video]

[headup_stickontheice]

. . . ?

[Ry.....an......?]

Uh. T-tackle him?

[video]

[yayashton]

Guilmon tackled him, but he's still singing. [She frowns.] What's an o-per-a? [Ryan's explained musicals, but he's never mentioned those before. Mimi'd ask him, but. Other issues.]

[video]

[headup_stickontheice]

It's...a thing where people sing all the time?

[Cam is not cultured.]

[video]

[yayashton]

All the time all the time? Because Ryan's doing that. Come to think of it, he sang a lot more than usual
today . . .

[It's not like Mimi really noticed. Ryan sings all the time, so there's nothing weird about that, but not all the time all the time.]

[video]

[headup_stickontheice]

I think so? I never really paid attention to opera... Uh. Why would he be acting like he's in an opera...?

[video]

[yayashton]

I dunno. Everyone's been acting kind of weird, though. Do you think something's glitching out?

[video]

[headup_stickontheice]

Yeah...maybe? Hm... This place is...data...so... Maybe.