[Hello, everyone! There's another memory coming your way, and it's slightly disconcerting.]

( skyscraper opera )

[The screen comes on, like so many others, seemingly by itself. Neku can be seen in the background, in the bathroom in fact. He's in front of the mirror, hair slightly damp and not all spiked, and a toothbrush hanging from his mouth. He slathers some gel in his hands and starts spiking up his hair, pauses, tries it a different way-]

Hurry up, princess!

Shud dap!

[And the screen flickers to-

( Don't Kill Me )

...Stupid! Stupid Neku!

[And she runs off, right out the door, leaving Neku looking horrified and even more confused with toothpaste and half applied hairgel still on his face]

[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?

[Joshua decides to return to the apartment with remarkably little circumstance for someone that's... well, pretty much been MIA for a month. And the first thing he does is saunter into the apartment, hand in pocket - checking the coffee supply. Marvellous. Helping himself accordingly, he leaves the cupboard door open in his wake. Of course, since Renamon's been home alone for pretty much a month, the apartment is... well, immaculate. There's even the faint smell of some kind of cleaning product.

...and the sofa's back, from it's extended stay in Shinjuku Gyoen.]
Wow.

[Renamon must have been bored. The youth moves to lie on the thing, fishing his terminal from the small table in the living room. And. Videos.]

Sora →

Boy, lots of people seem to have upped and vanished this time around. I don't suppose you've noticed? Of course you haven't, you're still new. People arriving is always at the same time, every month. Weird, hm?

Neku →

I don't suppose you've noticed? Or is it your fault?

[Not giving any indication of what he's speaking about, oh no.]

[The feed opens on a Renamon wearing a white feather and a white scarf. Strangely enough, she's in an apartment and looking rather... alone. well, what can she say, Joshua's been gone for about two weeks now, and Sora's not back yet. So... well, she is alone. But Joshua left her with the D-terminal and her bits, after all. So it's not like she's got no means to live.

The apartment behind her seems to bear none of the markings she made when she was Sorcermon, and she bows respectfully in front of the camera before she speaks. Now she's reverted back to her Rookie form, she's just as graceful, elegant, and polite as she's always been.]

Hello. I've heard from the other digimon around the town about the operation of the castle. You're all so amazing for what you did. Really! I was hoping for your success - and I wish I could have gone along with you, but...

...well.
Um. How are you all?

[Filtered→Gotsumon]

How are you? If you still need anything to help, I have it. Please, tell me how it was! Did you find anything interesting? I'd love to know. Um, also... I hope you're okay.

[Filtered→Terriermon]

Ah, I didn't have time to congratulate you on your crest. I'm so sorry! You can really help Neku now, right? That's so amazing of you to be worthy enough to get a Crest so quickly! Only my big sister would be able to do so in such a short amount of time! I'm so proud of you!

[Filtered→Ryudamon]

Um, I know we don't know each other so well yet... but I was wondering if you're okay. I heard the castle was taken very quickly!

[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.

My apologies for being out of commission at such a crucial time this month. It seems I worried some of you as well, but I'm more or less recovered now and I'll try to remember my limits better in the future.

Of course, I hope you didn't think I spent the past two weeks doing nothing. Given the complaints I've seen about Izzy's introduction letter, I've decided to put together a list of major questions and their answers in more accessible language. Since we should be getting next month's new arrivals soon, if everything goes back to normal, I'd appreciate it if all of you could give it a look and let me know if I missed anything.

*He gives a wryly amused smirk.*

Or if I've happened to misjudge the vocabulary level I should be using.

*Attached is a text file with the FAQ in question.*

[The feed flips on to a new Google-head and....that is one sizable army of digimon behind him]

AH! I'm Kudo Taiki. Sorry I wasn't able to make it in time to help out with the attack, Server was a bit too large to cross in time.. I'll be leaving some of my friends here, though, to help with the repairs.

[There's an audiable groan from some his digimon in the background.]

But right now, there's a more pressing matter. We've been going through Server, since you guys appeared, and well...There's a castle, infested with hostile digimon. We can't leave it alone, because there are villages on that continent.

[The boy flicks his goggles as if he has an idea.]

So I was thinking, with the amount of you here, would five of you mind helping me scope out the place to get a plan of attack?

[Neku.]

Well, that was exciting. Give me a call or a text to let me know you're not dead. Again. 笑
I hope you took care of Shiki, by the way.

[Sora.]

I guess that's one way to welcome you to this little world. It's not exactly quiet. Or peaceful.

[Hibiki.]

Hopefully all of this didn't fly over your head. The place is pretty beat up, so I'm coming back. Anyway, I'll probably see you at the apartment, if it's not burned down.

[Shiki.]

Are you okay? It got pretty rough, but it looks like it's ending.

[And there's one more message! A video, and not from Joshua. Gotsumon, are you there? Yeah. It might not quite be Renamon, instead a rather wet, and charred looking Sorcermon.]

Gotsumon... This pestiferous pile of poltroons has persisted in posing problem upon problem. Yet we did not submit to their sickening schemes! Our all-surpassing strength saw us smite, smash, and summarily subdue the savage digimon and send the survivors scampering!

...and how is your committed company of compatriots doing? I hope fully that by some freak misfortune, you have not fallen to our foes.