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[greatwork]

[The feed opens up with Alex sitting on the floor surrounded by a pile of open, half-filled books.]

Okay, you lot, listen up. I've been compiling the information I gained from the attack on the castle. Any extra information is welcome and will be added to my notes, but for now, here's what I've got. Any of you assholes who are just here to dismiss what I say out of hand can kindly go sit on a rake and spin for a while, as this is actually concrete and important.

First of all, emotional idiots need to be kept off the battlefield. Something about negative emotions bloody idiots trying to force shit into too-small labels can fuck up your Digimon's evolutions, and it's twice now I've been at ground zero for a fucking pants-on-head retarded asshole turning their Digimon into a giant fucking monster that then proceeded to try to kill their own partner, and anyone around, i.e. me. Did anyone with a degree in psychology or some shit come through? Anyone with known emotional instability needs to be kept out from fighting until they've had some proper counseling.

Which brings me to my second point: We are not quite as helpless as we have been led to believe. I've personally confirmed the effectiveness of Molotov cocktails, along with just plain old dousing a monster in petrol and lighting it on fire. The flower whore ran away before I could test the bleach and ammonia, but she had some bullshit healing powers anyway. Fucking final stages. Regardless, the point is, a sharp stick might not be any good, but that just means you need to be creative. I'm going to start running chemistry lessons for those who care to learn, how to make basic medicines, poisons, and explosives with the materials we can acquire here. I'll be moving out to a new home with more space as soon as I can, so it'll be easier to contact me with interest on this thing.

Speaking of the floral twat, though, she needs mentioning. She was named Lotusmon, and she was at the castle, saying she was claiming it for her master. Like any stereotypically obviously evil servant from a children's story, she wouldn't say who this master was, of course. She was talking about a Scope Virus, as well- The implication was that this virus was sealed in the castle, and it was what drove the Digimon there insane. Also, our Digimon and possibly we humans as well are susceptible to it, from how she talked. And yes, she was talking, she was very clearly in her right mind while wanting to kill us.

Now, to talk about her for a moment, since she said she was going to have a rematch with us: She's obvious when you see her, she's a fucking purple woman with a sad excuse for a shirt throwing her tits everywhere, bellbottoms that went out of style decades ago, and a flower for a head. She's also carrying two staffs, one of which is the Caduceus, a symbol of commerce and negotiation and some idiots gave it medical connotations, essentially an advertisement for non-combat. Considering she then attacked us with that fucking symbol of peace, this goes back to what I said about trusting fucking nothing here. That's a fucking war crime at home. But, she is a flower, and my cocktails and fire tactics worked, even though she's an Ultimate, or a Mega- God, I fucking hate this dialectal nomenclature, who the hell designed this- The point is, we kicked her ass, though she killed one of ours in the process. Gazimon fought her, so she'll give the information about how she fights.

[Gazimon takes over talking at this point.]

I destroyed her staff and one of the sidekicks cut off her arms to make her helpless so she'd answer our questions. Turns out, even if you destroy her staff and cut off her arms, she can still use both of those without being attached. She healed herself entirely and left. Other than that, she has the power to cause decay, and to trap people in delusions of their desire. Serpent Cure is the technique that heals her, it takes the form of a white aura from the white snake on her staff that burns you if you touch it. The decay move is Serpent Ruin, a black aura from the black snake. The fantasy is from her other staff, called Seven's Fantasia, it's a rainbow aura. Ruin and Fantasia both have to touch you with the auras to hurt you, so if you're faster than them or can make sure they just don't touch, you'll be okay. She can also generate blinding light, but she used that to run away instead of fighting.

If she shows up, find me if you can, if you can't, use the information I've provided here to prepare and kill her. Don't give me any of that "value of life" shit, she'll not afford you the same courtesy- She tried to drop the fucking castle on our heads. We don't know shit about her oft-mentioned Master, except that she referred to it with masculine pronouns, and he knew we were coming and that we'd be powerful. I'd like to launch an investigation into this, but frankly, we have nowhere to even start besides 'doesn't leave tits hanging out like half the other Digimon I've seen'.

So, to recap: A crazy bitch with stupid amounts of power, working for someone else presumably even more powerful, used us to clear the castle so she could claim it for her unknown master. Whose idea was it exactly to clear the castle out, anyway? Because we sure as hell played into this asshole's plans. Lotusmon's goal was likely the Scope Virus that I mentioned before that drove Digimon mad. She called it "brutal". And the mindless, rampaging Digimon were infected. This begs the rather unfortunate question: Can the virus only be contracted from the source, or is it infectious from infected individuals? What methods does the virus use to propogate? Is there a way to cure it? If I were home, that would be easy, but here...

Everyone who did not go to the castle, keep a sharp eye out on everyone who did, myself included. If anyone starts losing their mind and looks like they were infected, we are going to need some sort of lockdown and quarantine procedure, though it may already be too late to do any good.

Now, everyone who was there can start contributing their own gathered information, and the rest of you lot can ask questions, this is now an open discussion on the recent events, please keep idiocy to a minimum.

Comments

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[fuhrinkaed]

...does that mean I'm banned from talking?

[switching to audio]

[greatwork]

If it was up to me, you'd be in a straitjacket, gagged, and banned from ever leaving your room.

As it stands, I unfortunately don't have the power to enforce this shit, so go nuts.

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[fuhrinkaed]

...ouch, Alex. Ouch. [Apparently not really being as ambulatory as usual has dampened his usual verve.]

Anyways after I got shipped back home, Guilmon had an interesting fight with a feral Hawkmon, apparently. She was bragging about it the whole time she could remember it--interested?

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[scratchitti]

[Neku is somewhere outside when he responds]

Thanks for posting this Alex. I probably wouldn't be able to gather up half of what happened.

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[greatwork]

No problem. Spreading information is the duty of a scientist, after all.

Any observations you want to add? You were able to watch when her attention wasn't on you, after all.

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[lionhearted_destiny]

[Well, it's not like Juri appreciates all the language used...and it takes her awhile to understand it all...but she answers, a bit hesitant.]

Um... Guilmon and Leomon and I fought some Digimon inside, that...they appeared out of nowhere... No, that's not true. Do you know what the Digital Hazard looks like? It's the symbol on a Guilmon's stomach.

The Digimon, um... a Kabuterimon, a Greymon, an Angemon, an Airdramon, a Devimon, a Kuwagamon, a Garurumon, and a Monochromon. We were investigating some kind of...moaning, like static. And The Digital Hazard started flashing in front of us...until it became numbers, like...1's, 3's...0's. And then they all appeared out of it.

[She looks worried.] And they were so strong... Stronger than Champions should be. They reminded me of the ones that were in the city when I first appeared here.

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[greatwork]

[... she doesn't like those names, as she recognizes some of them, and recognizes where she has seen those parts on other things.]

Digital hazard... Can you show me the Digimon you saw with your cards or whatever?

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[heartdive]

I think I might have seen the same thing.

[changelingdude]

Dude...I think you might be setting a record for longest combination of potty mouth with science.

[greatwork]

Did I not just ask idiocy to be kept to a minimum? If you think this is bad, I'd be willing to test if I can be profane enough to actually cause noticeable mental damage.

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[dressup]

Oh, wonderful work on putting this together!

A little unbelievable that "cocktail" trick actually worked.

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[greatwork]

[Unlike most people, Alex is actually willing to stick with video with Lizzie.]

It's no trouble. I've had to put together more troublesome data before. But there's nothing unbelievable about that, and it's not a trick. It's simple chemistry. A ball of fire is a ball of fire, whether it comes from a dinosaur's throat or a bottle of siphoned petrol.

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[yayashton]

Can you sort of. Summarize what happened at the castle so I can add it to my timeline?

If you're too busy, it's fine. It's just that I wasn't there because I was afraid Digimon would come attack the city while everyone was at the castle.

[audio]

[greatwork]

Actually rather good thinking. Good job.

I spent much of my time away from the castle keeping supplied, so you may have to ask others. I know of at least two monster attacks I wasn't present for.

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[marinebiting]

[Oh, it's this girl again. But after what they've been through, Shark has a sort of grudging respect for her.]

You have any idea how to keep the idiots off the battlefield? Or at least single them out?

[Somewhere, deep in his mind, he's actually worried that he might be one of them. He's been through the same thing. Different kind of monsters, but same thing. He doesn't know what he'd do if he screwed up Gotsumon somehow.]

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[greatwork]

[Hey, grudging respect is the best kind of respect as far as Alex is concerned.]

Frankly, no idea. That's why I was hoping someone with a degree in psychology or something came through. Maybe a shrink.

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[whitefeather]

I don't suppose the infected digimon have any physical indicators which aren't behavioral?

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[greatwork]

Does "being harder to put down than normal Digimon" count as physical or behavioral?

[betrayalcutsdeep]

So ordinary methods do work, it's just a simple matter of us ordinary humans not being strong enough to pose a threat. Fire is far from my preferred method of combat, but I suppose stylistic choices sometimes need to be set aside in favor of practicality. Endothermic reactions are much more difficult to weaponize without ethers, after all.

As for the virus, it's likely that it can be spread through any carrier. A typical computer virus doesn't care if its the original or a copy and can spread from any infected system, so it stands to reason that this would function in a similar way. Not to mention, it's simply best to err on the side of caution in cases like these.

[greatwork]

It's simple with a basic understanding of chemistry. Fire, toxic gas, there's lots of options.

I agree with erring on the side of caution, but I would prefer not to err at all. I'm going to operate under the assumption that it's like that for now, but we need to find a way to be completely certain.

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[knightfan]

Are you shittin' me? Guns and swords are absolutely useless against 'em, but something like fire sends 'em runnin' away with their tails between their legs? For "digital" beings, they sure are primitive as hell.

[ And hearing that Digimon can and will attack their ~chosen~ partners isn't exactly thrilling, nor does it do much to make him any fonder of his Impmon. ]

[greatwork]

Not just waving fire at them, but actually using an explosive weapon, yeah. I'd like to get some experiments with guns, too, since I doubt those can be as readily defended against.

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[wall_flower]

[Marley listens to the speech given, only taking in parts of it before glancing over at Hawkmon, who's resting on the bed next to her. So it's possible for something to go horribly wrong with a Digivolution? Her face seems to fall before she sighs and looks back at the D-Terminal. Oh, it's been recording. Might as well answer...]

Thank you for the advice and information.

[She starts to add something more but she just nods her head slowly and shuts off the feed.]

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[lovespinkbirdies]

... You tried setting a Mega level digimon on fire. By yourself.

[ She's actually surprised. That was... well, not Masaru level of daring, but pretty close. ]

Anyway, who was with you when you fought Lotusmon? Because... well, from what I've seen, at least back in my world, you're all lucky to still be here. I mean, most of the time Megas can take care of a lot of Perfects at once no problem.

Not that there aren't some Perfects that can stand up against a Mega one-on-one. But that's not normal.

[ Yeah, two separate things that could be meant by Ultimate was just going to be too confusing. Term mixing time. ]

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[greatwork]

Not by myself, no, but it worked regardless.

Spiky and Girly, they're both around here in this conversation somewhere. And it's not luck, it's the result of being smarter than her. She may be powerful, but it doesn't help her at all if she's an idiot.

[Alex does appreciate the unambiguous way Chika is using the terms, though.]