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[So as the feed turns on, it won't show the person recording. Instead, it will pan over several rather detailed anatomical sketches of several Digimon- Gazimon and Tailmon, Greymon and Kimeramon, Devidramon and Damemon... It seems, after a while, like most of the Digimon inhabiting the city have been drawn here. Each of the sketches also has several notes attached, along the lines of 'strong bite' or 'heat ray from hands', or 'weak vision'.

Rather than turning the camera to show herself, Alex will just talk from off-screen]

So, since a certain fuckhead of a biologist dropped off the face of the Earth before he got me the information he was supposed to, I've been working on a project of my own. A Digimon encyclopedia of sorts, all known ones, their abilities and hopefully weaknesses if we know those, too. Spread the knowledge and give everyone a better chance to survive whatever bollocks shows up this time. Any information on Digimon capabilities would help, if you lot care to share it.

Though, I did notice something while I was doing these.

[She shuffles the papers around until several Digimon drawings are on top- Sakuyamon Miko Mode, Lilimon, Bastemon, Lotusmon, and Darcmon, specifically.]

I get that Digimon are apparently spawned from the data from the internet. That explains why most of them appear to have recognizable forms rather than being completely alien to us, I think, something like Gazimon could have been given form by data on canine form and behavior. There's also a bunch of cat-looking ones, and since most of human output is total shit, I think that explains the Damemon as well.

But why the hell are most of the humanoid Digimon I've seen so far all women, and on top of that, they all look like that? Tits and bikinis, the lot of them. Even Lilimon is an inch of skirt away from showing the world if Digimon get underwear data or not. Where, exactly, is this Digital World getting its data on humans from? Why the fuck is it so skewed right towards knockers the size of my head and wearing less than a street corner hooker? Is this place just getting its data on humans from adult sites, or have I just been extremely unfortunate in my encounters so far?

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You're saying that Digimon take form from data on the internet, and you're wondering why bikinis and attributes like that are so common?

[Giggle.]

You answered your own question, you know.

Is there no other representation of human women on the internet at all?

Of course there is. But if you're really onto something with this, it's probably worth considering how exactly the digital world collects and indexes exactly what data's picked up before it's modified into Digimon. Assuming it's either random or based on a majority of matching terms- it's kind of obvious that any representation of all natural is kind of overshadowed in quantity by just how many dirty websites there are out there - let alone the really weird stuff.

It's not exactly like a place like this would bother with Safesearch, NSFW or R-18 filters.

Makes you wonder why this place is so big on Chosen Children, then.

Sure does. I'm sure finding out will be a hoot.

[There's another laugh, before he decides to turn serious.]

Anyway, I'm more concerned with finding out why it's so big on Odaiba. Practically all of it is here, and only smaller sections taken from Shinjuku and so on. Odaiba was constructed in 1853 and developed in the 90s, by the way. It's a totally artificial landmass, but that's not it. It's hardly as if the cincher was ever going to be Joyopolis.

Odaiba? I thought it was Tokyo.

Hmmm? The majority of Tokyo that got here is a district called Odaiba in a ward called Minato.

Didn't you know? Tokyo's a city made up of 23 special wards. No-one from around here really calls it Tokyo. Essentially, it's 23 cities which form a huge one. Anyway, like I said - Odaiba's part of Minato. Places from Minato here are Palette Town, the fake statue of liberty, the rainbow bridge, and Tokyo tower which is Minato too, but not Odaiba. It's actually Shiba - but still Minato.

Other than that, all we have here from Tokyo is the Shinjukugyoen, which is Shinjuku and Shibuya, technically - since it covers some parts of both wards.

Ohh. Considering a lot of us called here haven't ever been to Japan, or even Asia, that might be good information to put in that newbie information guide.

You've a point, though. What's special about this one place?

You're more than welcome to make the amendment, if you really want to.

[He'd assume that the reason he was dragged here was because part of Shibuya was - responsibilities and all - but there's no other Composers here. Downtuning or not, he'd know, and since the majority of the population appear to be entirely witless he's certain no others are here. Good for his health, given turf and all, but...

His tone suddenly, at a beat, goes to almost sing-song with how cheerful it is.]

....Say. Do you believe in parallel worlds?

Edited 2013-08-20 00:45 (UTC)

[The sudden topic change and change in his tone gets her to go quiet for a moment.]

... After a place like this, I'd have to be completely daft not to, wouldn't you think? Or do you mean something else?

Exactly what you're thinking. I'm surprised it hasn't struck you! It's not like my Tokyo means anything. Not really. Who knows? In this Tokyo, perhaps things are totally different. For example? The Tokyo Tower's way smaller than the one on my world.

One things for certain. Something happened in Minato, probably Odaiba. I've been looking for the science and tech building, since all of this is supposed to be digital technology related, but it's not here. Nor's anything which could be wherever all of this started.

... If you know so much, I've got one more question for you.

About how many humans lived in Odaiba?

Now that's an awkward question. It's not like anyone knows or anything - but the last count was over 100,000. The problem with our little city is that there's a lot of functioning homeless that live in internet cafes which aren't counted, if you're wondering. If you want to put that figure in perspective, the last count in 2007 of people living in Tokyo was 12,790,000.

It's not like Odaiba's known for being the centre of anything. Even when it was developed, it bombed because it's a battery island - and way too far out for commuters or businesses to operate efficiently.

I don't particularly care about that. What I want to know is, where are those hundred thousand people?

[Aw, and there was he thinking she might notice something in that. Still.]

Long gone. Converted, probably. It's not like this world has different laws related to all that. "Energy cannot be created, or destroyed." Fascinating stuff, though again - not like it leads anywhere.

[Oh, she noticed, that's just not her priority right now.]

Converted into what? We need to establish a pattern with what made it here and what didn't. Other than "everything that could help didn't."

Like I know.

Try asking your ankle-height thing in the room with all the machines. Since, you know, they've got to have something to do with us actually making it all the way into whatever we were before we came here. ...Or whatever's the least bothersome for this lovely little world they've got here.

I guess the world is trying to protect itself, so things that could affect the world aren't able to appear... That would explain why anything that could have caused all of this doesn't show up. The world wants to live on in its present state.

The question is, how much does that little rat bastard know?

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