Mission 1: Arrival (Video)

[hellspawnedhero]

*There's a pair of icy blue eyes on the screen, with a subtle warmth behind them that's at odds with the cold color. They belong to a young but scruffy looking face topped by white hair and bearing an expression somewhere between irritated and unimpressed. From the background, he still seems to be outside.*

Okay, first off, I've got a couple of questions, so why don't we humor the new guy for a while. Let's start off with the big stuff: where can a guy get a slice of pizza, a decent sundae and some booze around here? I just spent all day running around and it feels like I could eat a Gigapede if that wasn't the most disgusting idea I've ever heard.

Which actually brings me to the second question. I spent all day running around without food and was perfectly fine until I came here, aside from some serious cravings for cheese and tomato sauce. You see, I ain't exactly what you would call entirely normal, that's why I'm so good at what I do. So who's shit idea was it to bring me here, ask me to save the world and then add on 'by the way, you can't use any of the awesome and badass powers that usually help you get the job done'?

Actually, you know what, make that three questions. On the topic of saving the world, who's ass to I have to kick this time? Interdimensional gates don't normally screw with themselves when they're supposed to be closed, so I'm pretty sure someone's gotta be on a power trip. Though points for scale. Don't think I've ever heard of someone involving more than just the human world and the demon world in their evil schemes. ...Then again, until now, I didn't know there was anything other than the human world and the demon world. Guess they're right, you do learn something new every day.

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[Video]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

[Boy does he feel you on the "why is everything suddenly weird", thing, Dante.]

Yeah. Refuelin' constantly is kinda a thing here. Best get used to it, buddy.

[Video]

[hellspawnedhero]

Then I hope they're plannin' on feeding us for free, 'cause it's just rude to ask us for help and then tell us we've gotta pay just to live.

I wouldn't worry, the Damemon are very good hosts.

[Video]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but ya gotta earn it yourself, too. Place pretty much just thinks we should be grateful for this.

Doesn't help they give us one of these.

[He reaches down, pulling his Gazimon up by the scruff of her neck.]

Hey, you big idiot! I was eating!!

[Video]

[hellspawnedhero]

You could just eat in the kitchen at the free housing.

Eh, the partner thing doesn't seem too bad. I've actually gotten pretty used to workin' with at least one other person. But if they ain't got pizza, I'm gonna be pissed.

[heartdive]

Oh man... Now I really want a pizza.

[hellspawnedhero]

Well, I'll tell ya what, kid. I find a good pizza joint around here, you'll be the first to know.

[heartdive]

Sora, not "kid."

[shinebrighter]

[He doesn't have any idea half of what this man is speaking of, but...]

From what I have gathered, our enemy is one which has been corrupting others of these creatures, called digimon. They are doing it with something called a "scope virus" [Whatever that means...] While it is unknown who indeed brought us here, popular consensus appears that helping this world and completing this task will guide us to where we came from.

[hellspawnedhero]

Corrupting, huh?

*He frowns. That sounds uncomfortably familiar.*

Got a way to un-corrupt them yet?

[shinebrighter]

Apparently so.

And no. It is imperative to all of our interests to find the source, and destroy it.

[That should suffice, anyway...]

Given your... experience, your help in this aim would not be unwelcomed.

[video]

[renegadedriving]

[Something about you reminds her of more than one marine she knows back home. It's pleasant familiarity.]

Looking for the bar straight away. Can't say I disapprove.

[She's also starting to be amused by the people who very clearly aren't thrown off balance by digimon partners and sudden teleportation.]

And welcome to the 'where the hell are my damn powers' club.

[video]

[hellspawnedhero]

*Well hello. He was starting to wonder if this place had no women at all.*

Guy's gotta have his priorities straight.

*He's seen so much weirder than sudden teleportation and little monster buddies. But the comment about powers raises an eyebrow.*

But I'm guessin' if you're talking about a club, I ain't the only one around here that's supposed to have powers.

[video]

[renegadedriving]

Local bar's called the Digital Dive, for the record. Not a bad place, though they don't have the really hard stuff.

[Shepard, your idea of 'the really hard stuff' is barely digestible by humans. Stop that.]

Powers don't work, guns don't work, it's basically a clusterfuck.

[Audio]

[innermonologues]

[ long pause of silence. ]

You asked too many questions.

[Audio]

[hellspawnedhero]

Considering I just got yanked from a nice relaxing boat ride home after saving the world, got dumped here without my powers and with a walking talking stuffed lion claiming to be my new partner and got a rambling as hell letter about having to save the entire goddamned universe, I think I'm doing pretty good in the questions department.

[Audio]

[innermonologues]

[ Well he at least perked up when Dante mentioned Lion digimon. ]

Join the club. We meet every friday for brunch.

video

[lovespinkbirdies]

[ Hi Dante, have a ten year old girl. She seems to be deep in thought, before letting out a sigh. ]

You know, that's a good question. I have no idea where the nearest pizza place is. But I know there needs to be one somewhere. I mean, before the Digital World and Human World merged here this place was Tokyo. And pizza places don't just go poof.

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[hellspawnedhero]

*Hello little girl, please don't redecorate his room and steal his sundaes.*

Well then, looks like I've got some exploring to do.

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[lovespinkbirdies]

[ Don't worry super powerful bad-ass demon fighter. She'd never dream of it. She could get her own sundaes, thank you very much. ]

Yeah, that's probably a good idea. I should do that too. I didn't really have a lot of time to do that when I first got here. Stuff happened. Then we went and investigated a castle for like, three weeks.

Then we got sucked up and dumped on another island for a few days.

[ She giggles. ]

I'll let you know if I find a place that sells pizza though!

[guilmon]

[And on the other end of the feed we have a Digimon... who is without his Tamer. Still, he sees nothing weird about talking to people! Lots of his friends are human, after all.]

Um... Well, I don't know about pizza, but there's this really good bakery in the marketplace. They've got all kinds of stuff. Rolls, pastries, even this treat called monkey bread.

[...]

Is pizza good, though? Guilmon's never had it before.

[hellspawnedhero]

*And Dante sees nothing weird about a talking red dinosaur. He's seen stranger demons that could talk.*

Pizza is one of the best foods in the world, kid.

[guilmon]

Does pizza have bread in it? If it's does, then Guilmon wants to try it right now!

[His biases are showing. 'course, at least he knows better than to put peanut butter on it.]

[video]

[calibrates_big_guns]

Probably right about the power trip. In my experience anything bigger than some gang war usually has someone with some big delusions of grandeur and way more power than anyone that crazy should ever have.

[This would be so much easier if he could just use his guns ...]

As for the rest of it, plenty of places to find something decent to eat around here. Free food in the apartment building's a good place to start. And, there's a bar called the Digital Dive, their drinks aren't exactly top shelf, but they'll do the job.

[video]

[hellspawnedhero]

Already heard about the Dive. Gonna have to check it out after I've dumped all my junk off.

Sounds like we've got a lotta old hats here, though.

*He might be wondering if any of them would make for a fun spar...*

[calibrates_big_guns]

Something like that. If you're going to get a bunch of people to stop the world ending but give them none of their advantages, the least you could do is get people who know what they're doing.

[Oh, a few people might be.]