video;

[Well it's the birdbrain again, this time, holding up something pink and glowing.]

[He looks completely bewildered. But that's nothing new.]


What is this? It just -- I was talking to someone, and it just appeared.

Did I do something wrong?

[And yes, that's a serious question.]
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[personal profile] codes2013-12-18 07:46 pm

10 ✨ TEXT

Hey Digilosers, a lot of you have a number of questions about this world as well as the events that brought us here that haven't been answered before, right?
I'll help you get those answers if you give me your word you'll remember how I helped you out in the rare situation that I'll ever need help with something.
It's important to understand the value of equivalent exchange and in a world where the skilled are highly valued, I suggest you also learn how to market your abilities in this way.

TLDR: If you could have any question answered, what would the question be?

PS: Don't give me any of that philosophical bullshit like 'what is our purpose for living' or 'the meaning of the number forty-one' ok?

Disclaimer )

[ LOCKED: [personal profile] interspace ] Special message for you.
I'm back and we can start work whenever.
Let me know, ok?
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[personal profile] amygdalae2013-12-19 12:53 am

02 | VIDEO

[If you were expecting Bruce to be in this video, then you are sadly mistaken. Bruce isn't really that much of a social butterfly, despite what people may seem to think. He's actually been pretty busy with things.

Instead, what you have is Floramon, who is making a worried face at the screen and seems to be debating for a moment on what to say before he actually speaks.]


How do you tell your partner that he's being too nice? [A pause.] I mean, it's not a bad thing at all, but he gave me the bed and has been sleeping outside of the room ever since the first day and I've told him that we can share but he keeps on insisting on letting me have the bed for myself.

[Still worried here, yep. Floramon hums for a moment more before crossing his arms.]

He also told me that I can do anything too as long as I don't go out and fight... which is also nice but I'm not sure what to do as well. I mean, he's the partner I've been waiting for and now that he's here... I don't really know how to help him at all...

[He glances at the screen now, giving a questioning look to anybody who would listen to this.]

Can anybody help me?
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[personal profile] darkened2013-12-15 03:15 pm

02 - video + text;

[Gee, this looks familiar. Once again, we see a shot of this grouch of a replica seated at the end of his bed. Once again, the camera shakes... at least until Kotemon hops up, sets the D-Terminal down, and then toddles in front of the feed.]

Um... Sorry about the shakiness a second ago. I wish my legs were longer so that wouldn't be a problem, and--

Kotemon, c'mon. This isn't about video quality.

Oh! Right. [She bows her head before stepping aside.]

So, anyway, my partner still hasn't been able to choose a name, even though a lot of people have been kind enough to give him suggestions. Especially Mr. Sora. I don't know how he came up with so many names.

Most of which sounded ridiculous. [The Replica grins, reaching down to snag the Terminal.]

Trouble is, I've got too many options now, so I figured that rather than argue with Sora over it for hours on end, I'd save some trouble and just ask you guys. Not like I've got much else to do besides train.

[With the press of a button, he switches to text.]

Options:

Nox, Fenris, Kaiden, Aiden, Zane

If anyone else has good dark names, I'll give them some thought, but I'm really trying to narrow things down.

Video

[Hello Chosen of Terminal Tokyo. Your D-Terminals, TVs, computers, and anything else with a screen have now been hijacked by the Digital World's resident computer geek. He looks good, better than he did the last time he showed himself. There's a bit of dirt covering his face, but he either doesn't notice or he doesn't care.]

Hello everyone. I know I haven't been the easiest to get in touch with. I've been...well, out of town is a good way of putting it.

[It's certainly one way of putting it, Koushirou.]

I have received a report from Jyou about the state of the city, and it seems the damage is more extensive than anticipated. Looking at the pictures and videos, I don't think the Digimon alone can clear it out. They're going to need some help, so if anyone of you are willing to go out and give them a hand, I'm sure it would be greatly appreciated. I have no doubt you will be compensated for any aid you provide.

[He lifts a hand, as though ready to shut off his device before he pauses.]

Ah, one more thing. Tohsaka-san, if you would please contact me, there is something I wish to discuss with you. Something about the Trailmon...?

[And with that, he turns off the feed. You will be returned to your previously scheduled programming in 3...2...1...]
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[personal profile] interspace2013-12-07 12:33 pm

003; [voice]

So, who knows anything about AI and/or fixing some seriously delicate hardware? Both, even. Got a buddy of mine who fries like an egg in sunlight here and I'm hoping to get him up and running like the good ol' days. My nest egg seems to have disappeared from the last time I was here, but... I'll do whatever I can to pay you back for your time. Errands and stuff.

Seriously, I would really just appreciate getting ALFRED back. It's weird not having him around. You know?

Who the heck's Alfred?

You've seen her cool glasses? That's him!
fuhrinkaed: (I wonder about that...)
[personal profile] fuhrinkaed2013-12-06 09:08 pm

Guilmon's Totally Prodigious Digistuff 008 [Video]

[As the camera cuts on it's in the middle of a rocky, mountainous region. There is a Kyubimon, as opposed to the usual red of Guilmon, but the green scarf is a dead giveaway.]

Good day to you, contract holders, contracted, and dark partners alike. I, Kyubimon, wielder of the Dark Flame have returned once more to speak to you all.

We have sensed a disturbance in the ether, and as a result have decided to travel beyond the horizon in order to find the ethereal palace. This journey is perilous, filled with dark forces and mystical powers unlike any mortal minds can comprehend.

But fear not, for I shall protect you, even if I must unleash the cursed power contained beneath my scarf. I swore long ago...


K-Kyubimon... [Ed pats the digimon on the head, giving her A Look.] Really now, do you have to make everything so... dramatic?

Things are more interesting this way. Has Ryudamon returned as well?

Nah, she's still foraging. [Ed turns to look at the camera.]

A-anyways, whatever weird thing Kyubimon was saying it's probably not accurate. Me and Rin just decided to have a look around the island, and we'll probably be back before too incredibly long. I have a lot of experience with this stuff so you don't need to worry about coming with.

...And even if you were going to, I kind of already left because I don't think I could lead an expedition and you guys are kind of so friendly that I know you'd try and make an expedition out of it. [He bows.]

S-sorry for not really giving any advanced notice. Stay safe you guys! I'll let you know if I find anything interesting!

[With that, the feed cuts out.]

1st Ride [Video]

[The camera shakes for a moment as the video comes on, and at first it's showing the muzzle of a lion cub so close his breath is fogging up the lens.]

Okay, it's on, Rider!

Is it? Is there a light or something that shows it?

...It's right here, but it's already recording, so now we both look kinda stupid...

[Leormon points out the light with his paw, and Rider just laughs.]

That just means they'll have something to remember us by, cub!

I told you not to call me that! Now introduce yourself already so we can turn this thing off and I can keep at least a shred of my dignity!

...You remind me of Waver.

[Rider shrugs as Leormon ducks out of frame, and turns to look into the camera lens. He's kinda hunched over, because otherwise he won't nearly fit in the shot.]

Leormon said I should introduce myself to all of you other Chosen. My name is Iskander, but if it's easier to remember you can all just call me Rider. ...Actually how about all of you call me Rider, I got used to that after a while, and I'm not exactly a King here.

[ooc: Characters who'd be likely to recognize the name "Iskander" and equate it to Alexander the Great are welcome to reference any historical records~]

15 Butterflies | Video

[There's static on the screen for a moment before it clears, and Fluttershy waves a bit shyly into the camera.]

H...H-Hello everyone, um...I...hope you're all doing well.

S-So I...I've learned a little about...Christmas, which is...coming up, right? A-And it's actually very similar to a holiday we celebrate in Equestria...wh-where I'm from. S-So I...I-I was thinking that I'd...like to give gifts to people. I-I mean if...if that's all right...

I have...some ideas for what to give people, b-but, um...i-if you wouldn't mind, could you...maybe let me know what you'd like as a gift? I...can't really promise much, but I'm...pretty good at knitting...I think...

S-So if...everyone could let me know what you'd like...I'll do my best to make it. E-Even...if you don't celebrate Christmas...or Hearth's Warming Eve like I do...I'd still like to give you something...if that's okay...

[She hesitates for a moment before turning the D-Terminal off.]

♔ 008; [video]

...There's something that's still bothering me about all of this. [The exhausted British-accented teenager sat at a small desk in his room, drinking a cup of tea as Palmon and Biyomon seemed to be doing the same behind him.]

Why? I don't understand what all this was supposed to accomplish on their part. If we were given 'false' partners- [with a heavy emphasis on 'false' suggesting he thought that was a load of nonsense] -what was the reasoning for it? It can't be just to try to spread that virus among all of us...the planning and effort seem too elaborate for just that outcome.

More than that, if they're replicas, so to speak, why do they have free will? [He waved a hand behind him, and Palmon shrugged at the camera as though to say 'hell if I know'.] If I didn't already know which of these two I'd met first, it'd be bloody hard to tell. I would assume most of you can say the same.

[Waver shook his head with a short but heavy sigh, setting aside his cup of tea and fiddling with the Crest of Tenacity around his neck.]

On top of all that, I realized I...m-maybe I should learn how to fight. I don't think I'll be any good at it and I'm definitely sure I'd rather not have to, but if anyone can help me I'd be grateful. If we get stuck in some kind of mess like that again, I don't want to slow anyone down.
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[personal profile] codes2013-11-19 01:02 am

09 ✨ VIDEO {backdated to November 17, after all the NPC posts}

Hello my fellow Chosen, it seems as if we're in quite the situation now. First of all, let me just say if you bring up anything I said to you during that entire period of shifty behavior so help me, I'll stuff your body into locker for weeks. I think it'd be great if we all just moved forward from that and let bygones be bygones because now we've got a greater threat on our hands. More importantly, remember Chosen that it was your partner who stood by your side and tried their best to look out for you while all of this was going on. So before you consider whether or not their sincerity is valid, you should think over the past few weeks and decide for yourself.

[ Lunamon is in the background with her eyes wide with tears. Clearly she's overwhelmed by the true kindness that her Chosen has kept under wraps, though those who have gotten to know Rin lately might wonder if it's just a side-effect of her recent change in personality. ]

If that boring sentimental message already caused you to cut the call, good. You're the type of Chosen this place doesn't need--but for the rest of you, I have more to say. I have been investigating the Scope Virus Digimon to the best of my ability and after speaking with the caretaker at Primary Village--[ She pauses to look over her shoulder. ] Lunamon, go there now, just as we planned.

--But Rin! [ The moon Digimon squeaks with concern. ] I, I don't want to leave you now that you've accepted me as your partner!

Lunamon, we promised that we would help out. We rely on each other, but we also have our own strengths alone. [ It seems this is a talk they have often as she appears to be reminding her partner. ] I'll be safe here with Coronamon, but don't you think for a moment I'm abandoning you. [ It works, as Lunamon takes off to leave Rin to resume her conversation with the network. ]

As I was saying, Digimon who are associated with the Scope Virus don't return to Primary Village as eggs. We've seen how Digimon are here so isn't it cruel to be mercilessly slaying them left and right? Well, I'm sure it hardly matters to most of you, but for some of us who like to remain a little humane, the alternative of capturing them is preferred. We do have a jail and furthermore it'd be easier to understand what we're up against if we can analyze them a bit better. I'm not hinting at torture, but if it comes down to it... well, sometimes you have to play dirty to get the information you need. [ Please, someone bring her an infected Digimon to toy around with sometime. ] More importantly, I'm sure you're wanting to know if what that monstrosity said was true, huh?

The test results are in and while these Digimon that have been brought to the city are assembled differently than the ones we've come to known, it's difficult to tell whether or not that makes them anymore real... [ It's frustrating to admit that out loud. After all the work she's spent in understanding the Digimon here, it turns out she was wrong? Now she's going to have to study them extensively some more. ] Well, it's not so much they were assembled differently, but perhaps acclimated due to different conditions? Well, I'd be glad to tell you the specifics should you find time to discuss it during all of this chaos.

[ OOC: Here is your handy IC excuse to know this information! While Rin can't say she knows why or who damaged them, she can make pretty good guesses that this boasting jerk knows a thing or two about it. ]

(no subject)

[It's been a while since Sakuyamon hijacked the network, and the background is the same as usual - if darker, because it's night. However, the picture seems lower quality than Sakuyamon's previous posts and the audio seems to have a slight amount of static.]

Chosen Children, we have not located Lotusmon yet, but I have something else to tell you. We have discovered something called "ARCLoner" that we are looking into. We know it to be important, but have no information on why.

[Sakuyamon looks very tired, suddenly.] I cannot talk further. Goodbye.
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[personal profile] kidemonas2013-10-19 09:54 pm

001 ● [video]

[The D-Terminal switches on to the face of a Gabumon, looking very proud of himself to add. The image bounces a lot as he moves across the room.]

There! It's working Master!


Please stop calling me Master- [A woman's voice came from the other side of the camera. The tone was cold, planned, as if she's had to repeat this before. Finally the camera settles and the woman is placed within the shot. She looks directly at the camera, even though she was wearing a blindfold.]

It's starting!

I fail to see the use in broadcasting this.

Don't you want to introduce yourself to the other Chosen?

No. [Bluntly said. Actually she was after the complete opposite, as anonymity was worth more as an asset in this situation.]

Well...how else are you going to find out about any of those words? It's not like you can listen in on people until they pop up in conversation, right?

[SILENCE]

[For some reason, the air feels really heavy suddenly. Surely, that couldn't have been what she was planning...right?]


U-um...Master?

Do not call me Master. [The command was becoming a pattern. And since the silence was broken anyway.] Prana. Nobel Phantasm. Fuyuki City. [She chooses her words carefully. They need to be specific enough so the understanding does not stray, yet used so that civilians cannot easily discern their meaning.] I require information from those who recognize those exact terms. Privately.

Is that really all you have to say?

Yes. There is nothing else for me to learn. [Follow the one trail, it was bound to take her where she needs to go. Besides. Anything else would reveal more information publicly that she would rather keep quiet. The Fifth War was still going on. Her location had changed, but that didn't mean she wasn't the only one this happened to.]

Aren't you worried about your friends?

[SILENCE. AGAIN.]

[And there's that really heavy atmosphere again too. Gabumon looks confused; okay sure the first time was a given, but what could he have possibly said to upset her this time?]

[And finally-]
Matou. Emiya. Tousaka. Einzbern. Kotomine. [Okay she isn't even listing friends anymore.] I require information available that pertains to those names. Knowledge of the terms I gave before is not necessary. [Her head turns to Gabumon.] Now I am done.

[Said all that she needed, Rider leaves the frame completely, leaving Gabumon to settle the issue of turning it off.]

W-wait! Master! You forgot to introduce yourself!
[Nope. She's not coming back.] I-I guess she didn't see it was still going. [Hurriedly, Gabumon bows to the camera.] I'm Gabumon, and the lady from before is my master, Rider. I know it's a strange name, but please treat her kindly. [There was the sound of a door opening and closing in the background.] W-wait for me! Where are you going?! [Feed terminated.]

[video] - What happens when a shark loses all his teeth?

[The feed turns on and there's a very frazzled looking Gotsumon on the screen.]

Um...I think there's something wrong with Ryoga.

[She turns the D-terminal to focus on her partner, who's just sitting on his bed and looking...well, not quite right at all. People who know Shark know that he's the three C's - cool, cocky, and confident prideful and has a near perpetual look of annoyance on his face. This Shark looks defeated. And depressed. And if one watches closely, he might be shaking a little.]

He's been like this for a while now and he won't snap out of it! I...I hate it!

[The D-terminal jerks a little, as Gotsumon stops herself from throwing a tantrum, which would not be a very pleasant experience for viewers.]

Is anyone else having problems? I think I saw some people mentioning others acting weird and stuff. Does anyone know how to fix him? I'm tired of him acting like a weakling. He won't leave me alone, he won't leave the apartment, and this...this moron won't even duel me!

[That last point is probably the most alarming to her. Deep breaths, Gotsumon. Deep breaths.]

...I just want my Ryoga back.
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[personal profile] anequal2013-10-06 02:04 am

action + video;

[action;]
[There's a young, blond haired boy sitting at a bench outside of the small (although it's extremely large to him) Tokyo Tower with a blue dog beside him. The Gaomon refuses to stand still, punching and kicking and jumping around, even as Armin sits as still as he can. He's silent, staring at the ground as a million thoughts run through his head (why him? what is this place? he got the explanation but it just brought more questions. was he the only one here? how would he survive here, he's never known anything outside of the walls that wasn't out to eat people.) He sits there for almost an hour until he finally gets to his feet, taking a deep breath and clenching his hands into fists to keep them from shaking. He's got to figure this out. He begins to walk, the Gaomon pausing its training to follow him as he begins to look for anybody he would be able to talk to.

And that person is you! Clad in a dark green cloak with the crest of a pair of wings embroidered into the back, Armin's expression is both serious and nervous, and he manages to stay calm as he walks up to you, raising his arm to show his D-Terminal.]


Excuse me-- I just arrived here a short while ago, and I'm afraid that I'm having trouble figuring out how this works. If you're familiar with how it works, would it be all right if I asked you to show me? As well as... a few tips on how to get by around here, if it's not too much trouble.

[video;]
[The video is later in the day, hours after Armin left the Tokyo Tower and learned some locations in Terminal Tokyo and found his way to the newcomers' apartment. He hasn't entered his room yet, but instead seems to be standing in one of the corridors, holding his device to show his face on the camera.]

... This is Armin Arlert of the Scouting Legion.

I've arrived at the housing prepared for newcomers to this world. If there is anybody from the Scouting Legion, Garrison, or Military Police -- or anybody who recognizes those names, I would like to request correspondence.
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[personal profile] fuhrinkaed2013-10-04 09:27 pm

Guilmon's Totally Prodigious Digistuff 008 [Video]

[The video cuts in suddenly to Ed, who is entirely too close to the screen.]

GUYS, I HAD THE BEST IDEA EVER!! Also I figured out a cool thing!

So like, I was thinking about that time Yu was saying we needed to find some way to set up a plan, right? Well the thing is, we usually have advanced warning when stuff goes down, and when we don't, usually we have no real coordination or way to get anything done.

[He bounces back from the screen, and holds out his arms, thumb and forefinger making L shapes at each other.]

So, I thought about it a lot and I made... this! [A red box that says TURF appears between his hands, like a Youtube annotation. Clicking on it opens a spreadsheet in a new window.]

I call it, the Terminal Ultimate Response Force, or TURF. 'Cause it's our turf that we're protecting, you know? A-anyways, here's the idea: We all put in our information, like skills and missions we'd be good at and stuff like that, and then we just have to coordinate teams and things to deal with stuff using the spreadsheet.

And the best part? We could also coordinate missions and arrange teams on the fly with it by just writing notes in the cells around the sheet, too! Like, in case of something like the darkness sneaking up on us again we could coordinate by like, picking a color to write with or something.

It's really simple! I can't believe nobody thought of it! A-anyways, I've opened it up for anyone who's interested. Let me know if you have any questions!

♔ 007; [video]



Psssst. Hey. Hey you. Over here, check your terminal~

[Whispering conspiratorially over the D-Terminal is...a Piximon. How odd. Has she been seen in the city at all before? Probably not. She's been busy annoying her partner wth her shiny new Ultimate form because wow holy shit it's got wings and is super fast.]

Listen, listen~ I know you're all suuuuper busy with all the...uh...

[She turns and looks out the window at the mob of inexplicably falling Digimon before turning back and pointing at the window behind her.]

...all the that. Stay inside and be safe, alright? Maybe put a mattress outside for them to land on~♥

[Was there a point to this?]

Listen, listen, there's something I want you to help me with next week! My partner, I think he's kinda lonely. He doesn't have a whole lot of friends and he's pretty dumb about the ones he does have. And he hasn't told anybody but me, but it's his birthday next week, on the third. So that's where you come in~♥

Somebody just say hi and be nice to him then, okay okay? And if you want to come by with a cake, I sure wouldn't mind that.


[and thus her true intentions come to light...]

Whoops...I'm pretty sure he's coming back, so you didn't hear anything from me, got it?

[And right on cue, Waver walks in--scrambles, really--with a very angry Gatomon beating the everloving shit out of his head.]



GET IT OFF ME GETITOFFME--!

[if ever there was a well-timed video cutoff, that might have been it.]

[Text]

Hey guys, it's Donnie. For those wandering, I'm back from Primary Village and I now have Paolo back... Paolo is Kamemon by the way.

Anyways, the other thing is that Sunday is mine and Mikey's 16th Mutation Day. It's pretty much a birthday, but it was the day that my family was mutated. So since Mikey wouldn't shut up until I agreed, we're holding a small party at the Newbie Apartment Lobby. You can come whenever, just let me or Mikey know so that we can have things ready.

Oh, and you can bring stuff if you want, but no alcoholic anything, my brother and me are underage. So it's off-limits. Thanks!

10 Butterflies | Audio/Text

U-Um...I...I'm just letting everyone know that...those of us who had gone to Primary Village...we're all back, safe and sound.

W-We would have been back sooner, but we...got caught up in that sandstorm the other day. We're all fine though, I promise. And I got Choco's egg, so everything is all right.

Just...wanted to let people know.

Private Text to Rin )
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[personal profile] codes2013-09-23 12:21 am

07 ✨ TEXT

I'm bored.

[ For a while that's all that's there. Rin announcing her boredom to the network as if it's up to them to entertain her... but unfortunately, no one really cares to do that, now do they? So after a few minutes, a new message will come through. ]

Let's play a game to kill some time.
It's called 'Secret of the One Above'.
Basically you'll respond to the first person to start us off with a secret that may or many not necessarily be true about them.
You react.
Next person makes up a secret about that person and so forth.
You guys are following me, aren't you?
Rules: there are no rules.
What are you, a bunch of pussies?
Don't get upset because it's JUST A GAME.
Also you need to download this application.
[ Download attachment: wannabeEZbored.app ]



OOC: Ideally, this would be played by a new top level comment by one player, then the next top level comment be a "secret" about the above one. This application allows thread jacking so people can react to the secrets either through video, text, or audio. It even allows your character to post images too!! But yes, this is what she does in her free time, feel free to make fun of her for that too or not because come on, it's a meme in a game! I'm so sorry I play someone so terrible