The Insufferable Duo------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Karen soon appeared at her apartment at took some time to rest from eating that rotten sandwich by taking a nap. A few hours have past and Karen slowly woke up from her nap and was back to 100%. She slowly walked toward her bag and walks outside the door and goes off back towards her school where she was assigned to room 405 where she took her seat in the middle row and looks at the test. She looks at the test as she was assured that she would be able to past it with ease. The teacher told a person to put away those dice that they had. Karen slowly turned to the back and saw a boy with white hair was right behind her with the dice in his hand. The two of them Karen soon appeared at her apartment at took some time to rest from eating that rotten sandwich by taking a nap. Soon time has past and Karen slowly woke up from her nap and was back to 100%. She slowly walked toward her bag and walks outside the door and goes off back towards her school where she was assigned to room 405 where she took her seat in the middle row and looks at the test. She looks at the test as she was assured that she would be able to past it with ease. The teacher told a person to put away those dice that they had. Karen slowly turned to the back and saw a boy with white hair was right behind her with the dice in his hand. The two of them looked at each other for a while before the test begins. Soon nearly everyone was free to go. Karen slowly walks from the class room and heads towards the bus. Karen got on the bus and she was now reaching her stop. As soon as she steps down from the bus and towards the ground she saw the boy with white hair was right next to her. She looks at him for a second but then turns back towards the direction towards her house. “I know what you are…..tamer was it” said the white hair boy as his hair was covering his eyes. Karen eyes slowly widen but she stood calm and turns to the boy. “I don’t know what you’re talking about” said Karen as she was putting on a good bluff. “Oh I think you know what I’m talking about Karen Underwood…age 18…blood type A+…..height 5, 9….favorite food…ramen….anything else you want me to spill” said the boy as he slowly reached his bag and pulled out his laptop. “Okay…you know about me…but what this tamer thing that you’re talking about” said Karen as she still shown her calm face. The boy slowly smiles “ this is enough evidence for me” said the boy as he shows her the video of the tamer’s last battle in the digital world and all of their faces. Karen eyes widen and she loses her cool as the boy shown her the video. “See…. I don’t know much about this digital world but I do know that you been there a numerous of times….so show me this digital world……or I will post this video around the world in 40 seconds and the secret of the digital world will be exposed” said the boy as he continued to smiled. -Shit……no matter how I look at this…he got me…just who is this boy?- Karen slowly closes her eyes and takes a deep breath “fine….I’ll show you the digital world…but you better be ready for what happens in the future” said Karen as she gives him a cold stare. “I can manage just fine” said the boy as he continues to chuckle. They soon walk back towards Karen’s house and she pulled out her laptop when they reached the table. “Let’s see…. The guys said that they were going to the village” Said Karen as she pulled out the digital map on her computer. Then looks for lillymoon village before her and selects the target. Before opening the portal and taking both her and the boy into the portal and into the digital world. Both Karen and the boy soon reached the entrance into the village and then spots the others.
Uryx is happy to see Abyss after so much time (and it really has been the full 16 years for Abyss as well, which made him feel slightly less uncomfortable), however, the fate of two worlds hung in the balance. "Hey, you guys should go on ahead and meet Catherine at Lilymoon Village, I know she doesn't show it, but I'm sure she'd appreciate not having to carry all the supplies for an adventure on her own." Uryxia looks at her dad and nods, understanding what he meant, -how was mom planning on bringing all that stuff back with just Wingdramon anyway?- She walks into the house and picks the sleeping Kitty up and carries her piggy-back, then starts walking towards Lilymoon, not caring whether or not the others followed, she was willing to do this adventure with just the help of her sister. Uryx watched Uryxia leave and smiled, he wasn't going this time, but only because the team was in the most capable hands he could think of.
Kitty is carried, piggy-back. Were she awake, she'd probably be hyperly wondering just how her sister could carry her like that. It was, after all, a physical impossibility. And considering her lack of awakefulness, a mystery that wouldn't be unraveled anytime soon.
Squall followed after the two twins.
Abyss received a radio signal from the MOSES, telling him that they had waht they needed, and so, bidding Uryx goodbye, returned to the ship, in his fighter craft.
Lisa was with the others, and saw Abyss leave, 'Well... I wonder when this adventure will start...' Lisa thought.
Wingdramon alighted on the ground in the middle of the camp, folding his wings as his aging Mistress slid from his back. It was odd to be around these things that weren't attacking her, and it was no different when the Captain of the Camp approached her and offered his Commander a smirk. "Commander Randal," he addressed her with a small bow - the best a four legged beast could muster. "It's been far too long. How's the wife and kids? Has your spouse's mind improved any from when I last saw him? And what of those cheeky little dragon boys? And that tall, sexy man? Mmmm." At his Commander's expression, the Captain flashed a fanged grin. "Do any of them even know that you're here? Or...why?" He wagged a wicked, clawlike fingernail in her face, making her recoil slightly. "I, unlike your others, require a form of payment. You can provide that later." He pushes her head to a side and examines the side of her face, and then frowned. "You're taking this abuse in stride, 'Commander'. Why aren't you fighting back? Anyway. Orders?" She cleared her throat, finally blinking and pulling the neck of her catsuit about her own neck. "Prepare the troops. Obtain supplies. The portals have re-opened, Captain." A snort of amusement from the Captain as he watched her remount Wingdramon, "All this way for those orders, Catherine? You really -are- losing your edge. Duller than a butterknife, hm?" He observed her slide the flight goggles over her eyes and grip the sole horn on Wingdramon's back. "Not at all," she replied as she prepared to have Wingdramon take flight once more. "I expect you to storm the Human World. That is all." The captain merely chuckled at this vagueness from someone who usually was so meticulous in her plans, and watched as Wingdramon leaped into the sky, turning course towards Lilymoon Village.
Uryxia suddenly grabbed one of her sister's legs and swung her at Jonas sort of like a living baseball bat. Uryxia wasn't at all sure WHY she'd done that, but it definitely felt good. This didn't actually happen, however, Uryxia was only daydreaming it, then she started to ponder if she really COULD do something like that and got an incredible urge to try, but she resisted that temptation and didn't even show that it had come over her.
Kitty awakens, then flails about. "Help!" She exclaims, slamming her hands against her sister's shoulders. "Some crazy woman has kidnapped me, and is taking me on adventures!" She leans forward, resting her chin on her sister's shoulders. "LOOK! NOW YOU'VE GOT TWO HEADS! You know what they say, Urrie!" She rolls her eyes to look at her sister's profile, then says, happily, "TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE!"
Uryxia doesn't even grin the slightest bit, instead she unceremoniously lets go of her sister's legs and lets her fall to the ground. She then just keeps walking, considering using someone else as a bat to hit HER with. The thought of Uryxia swinging Squall at Kitty makes her mentally chuckle, her outward expression still doesn't change, though.
-Is she always like this?- thinks Squall, looking at the freshly awoken twin. -You may have two heads, but it would seem one has nothing but air in it.-
"Urrrrrrrrie," Kitty complains as she is smacked, unceremoniously, onto her back, "that was RUDE. You're RUDE, Urrie." She gets up and brushes herself off, walking beside her sister. She is silent for a period, but then asks, "Really - where are we going to, Urrie?"
"Mom went to get supplies in Lilymoon, Dad figured we might as well go meet her there so she doesn't have to fly all the way back home with all that stuff, so that's what we're doing," Uryxia explains, not even seeming to notice Kitty's indignance to her recent treatment.
" sigh...nothing i say will stop you will it" said karen as they soon reaches the location of the others. "nope....so theres are the other tamers....i thought they would be....smarter and more prepared than what i'm seeing now" said the boy as he sweatdrops
"Who's this guy?" Squall inqures, the question aimed at Karen.
"Ugh," Kitty says, quietly, her voice sliding down a few octaves as she utters, darkly, "They're not going to be babysitting us the whole time, are they, Urrie? I mean, you and I can handle a lot, but from what all that talkin' was about yesterday, it sounds like it's not just our world that's in trouble. It's theirs," she points at everyone but her and Uryxia. One by one, not in a sweeping gesture, that is, "too. I dunno if either Mom or Dad would trust us to do this ourselves."
"Guys, I'm sorta hungry..." Lisa said rather quietly, "Does anyone want to find some berries or food or something to eat with me?" Lisa asked.
Karen sighs before raising her left hand " i don't know his name yet but i call him Mr. smarty pants since he pretty much know everything that’s thrown by him....apparently he found a way to make me bring him to the digital world." said Karen as she points at him. " it's a pleasure to meet you...Squall" said the boy as he shown a blank stare
"I don't know, Kitty," Uryxia says, knowing that her sister was right, Dad might just let them go on an adventure, but Mom wouldn't, and Dad's opinions have a habit of changing in the face of Mom's sometimes, then she says to Lisa, "Didn't you just eat a cheese sandwich back at the house a few moments ago, I don't know how things are where you're from, but here, we're lucky to get TWO meals a day."
"Well I haven't been able to eat much lately, so I'm still hungry," Lisa told Uryxia.
Kitty mutters under her breath, "They looks really well-fed. Maybe they've got a monster that cooks for them, Urrie." A pause, then she says, quite seriously, "We should talk to Jack, so dad doesn't get fired, while we're in Lilymoon. He'll be wondering why Dad missed work today."
Uryxia sighed, "Look, we'll be in Lilymoon in about an hour, you can get something there if you're really that hungry." -She must be really spoiled, I haven't eaten at all today, and had only one meal yesterday...- Uryxia then says to her sister, "Yeah, you're probably right about that... both of the things you said."
Lisa shook her head and sighed, "Never mind then..." Lisa said as she looked out towards the side and started to not pay attention to the front area.
Kitty nods sagely, proud of her massive intellect. "How can Dad stand walking this distance every day?" She asks, kicking some stones in the path. "Or does he get rides from Mom?" A pause, then she speaks up, her tone enthusiastic, "We'll probably get there sooner than that. Urrie's got a thing about distances. I guess her and me walking around seems to take forever to her." She glances over her shoulder and smiles at the Digi-Destined she barely knows, walking all the while.
-Even the shortest amounts of time seem like an eternity when you're around...- "I suppose Dad just gets used to it after a while, I know he doesn't often get rides unless he sleeps in, which he rarely does," Uryxia says, "I think he likes the trips, they give him time to appreciate the scenery, although I suppose the same scenery seen a thousand times wouldn't be so great anymore..."
"It changes with the seasons, Urrie," Kitty points out. "I like it best in fall. With all the ugly browns." She starts to hum musically, then stops to say, "Urrie, if you don't want me comin' on this adventure, that's fine, too. I can go have an adventure on my own. It'd be reaaaaaally cool to explore those sewers under the Holy City-Thinger sometime." Even her enthusiasm falters as she says this - she really wants to go, although....Her sister might not want her around. With good reason - Urrie never really seemed to like anyone. Or anything, for that matter.
"Well, you obviously know my name," says Squall, a little concerned that a stranger knows who he is, "but we've yet to learn yours. I'll ask you then," he says to the white-haired boy, " Who are you?
"Lisa finally snapped back into reality, 'So her sister doesn't want her around for this 'journey'? Sounds kinda weird, but whatever.... none of my business...' Lisa thinks.
"well i might as well, since it doesn't matter anymore....my name is Shiro....and it's japanese for white" he said as he had his hand in the pockets "so is everyone like this all the time"
Uryxia couldn't even imagine being away from her twin during this adventure, certainly, Uryxia found Kitty to be annoying at times, but they were sisters, they had to stick together. The thought of them separating actually dented Uryxia's expression a little into one almost resembling worry, "No, don't go, I... I think we should stay together is all," and Uryxia's expression and tone returned to normal by the end of that.
Lisa looked at the guy and made a slight nod, though she said nothing.
"'Kay, Urrie," was all Kitty replied. Although Mom and Dad certainly hadn't stuck with these people, huh? And although Kitty'd never say it - she had no intention of leaving her sister. Ever. Urrie was the best and most important thing in her life, and her sister. That's a huge bond right there. Besides! Urrie'd probably end up dying without her. That wouldn't be fun for the family. Mom and Dad would be sad for ages if anything happened to Urrie. "If we don't stick together, we can't be Amaterasumon!" She blurts out, the enthusiasm smothering her previous tone.
Squall, being paranoid of newcomers from now on (thanks Kitty and Uryxia), didn't trust Shiro. "Why did you bring him here?" he asks Karen, "He's not a digidestined."
" well you get use to it....eventually" said karen as she sweatdrops some more before turning back to squall " because if i didn't he would expose all of our identiys to the world" she said as she wispers in his ear
"Shhh..." Uryxia shushes her sister, "I don't think we should be giving away anything in front of these strangers." Uryxia is whispering, "but you're right," and half a smile is barely visible on Uryxia's lips.
Kitty STFUs, knowing Uryxia is correct. She lifts her eyebrows and nods, though, smiling absently back at her twin. They were getting awful close to Lilymoon now...
"So we're almost there now..." Lisa said.
Not the subtle type, Squall grabs Shiro by the front of his shirt and lifts him to eye level. "Are you threatening the well being of my friends?" the burly man threatingly asks.
"hmm.....not bad of a grip but...mine is better" he said as he grabs squall's hand and throws him to the ground instantly " don't touch me...or it will be much worse for you next time"
As the digidestined arrive at Lilymoon, Uryxia says, "Alright, you others do what you like, I don't care, just don't let me catch you harassing the villagers," then she says quietly to her twin, "Let's go find Jack real quick and let him know why Dad didn't come to work today, as usual, you're in charge of fashioning the excuse. Then, we can find mom and get this adventure started."
Lisa looked around, and knowing nothing else to do, just went over to Karen, the new guy, and Squall.
Kitty nods her head at what her sister says, preparing to wander off with her sister to find Jack. She was already planning the excuse - 'Sorry Jack! Dad was helping Mom in the garden - a Veggiemon popped outta nowhere and tried to destroy the house! We got 'im, though!'. Nah. That seemed...a little too odd. 'Hey Jack! It was a holiday today! We forgot to get you a calendar again this year. Sorry, dude.'. No, too amusing. 'JACK! THE DIGITAL WORLD IS IN DANGER! AGAIN!'. No, that could cause panic. God...damn it.
Squall gets up brushing his clothes off,then addressing Shiro, "Your alot stronger than you look, but do that again and you'll truly regret it." The man turns off to look around the town.
" you need to tell your friends to stop being so impusive...it will get them kill" said shiro as he walks to the town on his own/// Karen sighes and soon follows the others towards the town
Lisa follows Karen and starts to talk, "So... how's everything been going?" Lisa asked.
As Uryxia and Kitty wandered the town, Uryxia was keeping an eye out for the mayor; she wasn't exactly easy to surprise, but somehow that guy managed. As they looked around, an ExVeemon accosted them, this of course being Jack, the friendly inn-keeper of Lilymoon, who their father had been working for for a while, "Alright, what's the excuse THIS time?" he asked, knowing how this usually worked.
" not so great...i had to take a test that counted 50% of my final grade and now i have to deal with that white hair boy now" she said as she sighs
"So who is he?" Lisa asked.
" i don't know but he goes to my collage....even though he's 15 1/2....they say that he's a real genius...but i call him a brat" Karen replied
"Jack!" Kitty says as she sees him, waving her hands in his face. "There was an emergency at home. Dad reckons Mom's pregnant again. Mom's an emotional wreck because of this - acting odd and the like." She shrugs her shoulders back. "Supposedly, she came around town to get some 'supplies'. Ice Cream and Pickles, if y' ask me, but she's probably saying that it's for a trip for her and Uryx or me and Urrie or somein'. ANYWHO! Dad had to take care of Mom and help Dracom' calm her down." She wonders if that's a plausable excuse - she heard Mom used to be really moody, even though she was so sublime nowadays.
"So why is he with us?" Lisa asked as she began to look around the town.
"because he holds our secrets on his computer and would have released them around the world if i didn't bring him here" said karen as she was with lisa for the moment /// Shiro was at the inn looking at the stacks of vine and other drinks sold at the inn
"I see, well can't you just take the stuff he has about us?" Lisa asked.
"i don't think so....knowing how smart he his...he probally has copies elsewhere" karen sighs
"How did he get the copies?" Lisa asked.
"Th-That's right!" said Uryxia, supporting her sister's excuse, -So long as he buys it, I don't care WHAT she tells 'im...- Jack eyes them both carefully, then sighs and says, "Alright, not much I can do if a hero decides to miss work anyway, just let him know when you get home that I really need his help with something, the annex isn't gonna build itself. And no, I haven't seen your mom today, pregnant or otherwise." At that, Jack walked away, Uryxia was unsure whether he had actually bought the excuse or not, but it really didn't matter since he was obviously letting Uryx off the hook anyway.
"he made them from the original....." karen sweatdrops
"Well how did he get the original?" Lisa asked, wanting to get to the bottom of this.
"i don;t know but he apperntly found it online" she said before looking back at lisa
Squall was much more placid, away from all the 'new' people now in their group. As he and Griever, who had been silently walking beside him as always, walked along the street, Squall began thinking about more important matters. -So once we're done here I supose we go to see the Angemon who summoned us here.-
Kitty moved to high-five her twin, then stopped. "Wait, Mom's not been around today? Didn't she leave before us? On Dracom'?" Another part of her mind was chortling about how her daddy was a hero. EVEN IF HE DIDN'T ADMIT IT. She'd heard from Catherine about super-heroes. Spiderman and the like - Catherine used superhero comics as bedtime stories once - and she thought they were real. Catherine, thinking the portals would never open again, had neglected to tell her excitable daughter that. Clearly, Uryx had powers and a costume...somewhere. It was her quest to discover where! But not now. Now was adventure time.
"She did leave before us, this is odd, usually Jack somehow knows whenever anyone enters or exits the town..." -a skill that probably serves him well in his profession, I wonder if he bacame an innkeeper because he had that ability, or he became an innkeeper and developed it, I guess it doesn't really matter either way,- Uryxia thinks idly, "C'mon, we should look for her anyway, in case Jack just hasn't seen her."
"I see... so you're in... college now?" Lisa asked.
" yeah...i graduated early and just now transfer into a private collage" said karen /// Shiro walks to a table and starts to put a puzzle togeather
"I see... that's great," Lisa said as she looked around.
"Kay, Urrie. What if she got attacked? And she's dead?" Kitty asks, suddenly. "What if she never comes home, and Dad's got to live without her?" She flicks her gaze back to Uryxia, then shakes her head. "We'll have to tell Dad the bad news. Mom won't be coming home." She moves to grab her digivice out of the back pocket of her pants.
"what about you" said karen as she turns to her
"Well I ended up having to transfer from our old school," Lisa said.
" i see...so what is your new school like" said karen
"Its ok, its a private all-girls school. I may not get to see the others a lot, but I'll survive," Lisa told her.
"well since the digital portals are open now...you can travel from computer to computer" Karen explained
"That's true, though it is a bit difficult, since they can be a bit more strict," Lisa said, "so basically, it relies on me trying to be sneaky, a little bit..." she finished.
" i see...well go luck with that" she said as she looks at the sky
Uryxia stops Kitty's impulsive action, "I don't think we should be jumping to conclusions right away, Kitty, Mom can handle herself," -I think,- "And besides, there could be any number of reasons why she isn't here," then Uryxia stops as she gets an idea and removes her hand from her sister's, "I know, why don't we just call Mom."
"I was gonna do that," Kitty grumbles as she flicks through the options on her Digivice, then opens a private call to her mother's Digivice. It rings - and goes unanswered. "SEE!" Kitty exclaims. "SHE'S DEAD! I TOLD YOU!"
Shiro continues to finsh the puzzle as everyone else was talking, making and finshing puzzles were one of the few things that shiro loved to do....it made him feel calm
Uryxia rolls her eyes, -If I were Mom, I wouldn't answer Kitty's calls, either...- "Let me try," says Uryxia, getting out her own, also grey (even their digivices match), digivice, and attempts to call Catherine herself.
Again, there's no pickup from Catherine's digivice. Kitty fidgets nervously, her blue eyes intensely focused on her sister's face. -Why would Mom pickup for boring old Urrie and not me? Hmph. Urrie's got a mighty high opinion of herself,- she thinks as she holds her expression and pose in one of utmost antici...pation.
"Uh oh," Uryxia says, some of the worry breaking through her normally guarded expression, -Maybe Kitty's right, everyone's been saying how things are getting more dangerous, maybe Mom is dead,- "We need to handle this calmly, Kitty, we're fearless adventurers like Mom and Dad once were..." Uryxia was trying to calm herself as well as her twin.
The more he thought about the fights ahead, Squall got more worried...and anxious. Lifting his digivice he spoke on the general chat, "Hey, has anyone seen Catherine? We need supplies and we have to get moving."
Kitty shook her head, "We're going to have to get supplies ourselves, then, I guess. Should we....call Dad and tell him Mom's missing?" She looked at her Digivice as Squall spoke, as though it had been given to her from the devil himself.
"Not me, sorry Squall," Lisa said as she picked up her D-Arc.
"Yeah," Uryxia says absently before shaking her head to clear it and then getting her usual expression back, "Yeah, we should do both of those things, you call Dad, I wouldn't know how to break it to him, and I'll start gathering supplies, hold on... how're we gonna pay for this?"
"Umm, we're the children of -heroes-. They should just throw it at our feet?" Kitty asks, blinking vaguely. "Or we could tell them that we'll work for them once this is all over, I guess. We've done that before, haven't we?" She asked, as she dialed her father and waited for him to pickup.
Karen pulls out her bag and pulls out enough digi dollars to pay for the suppies /// shiro finally finsh the puzzle
Squall was glad at least one person answered his call. Deciding to round up the others he started marching toward the dots on his digivice marking the position of the 'demonic duo'.
Uryxia doesn't notice Karen's offering because they're in two different parts of town and simply hopes that they CAN open a tab, -I suppose they SHOULD allow it, since we are the children of heroes...- Uryxia just stands there as her sister gets in touch with Uryx. At the house, Uryx answers his digivice, "Hello, Kitty, get into trouble already, usually I don't have to go get you guys until after a couple days," -and that was before my spirits stopped working for me and I had to give them to Uryxia.-
"Dad, Mom's missing," Kitty blurts out. "We tried calling her, and she didn't answer. Nobody's seen her at town. Iunno if there could've been an accident - Mom's a great rider and all, I guess. But...she should've beaten us here." She's careful to suppress the panic in her voice, and mentally barating herself for not lying to her father. Ooops.
"Catherine's in trouble!?" Uryx almost shouts as he jumps out of his chair, "Alright, need to calm down... I'll get looking for her, maybe she crashed or something," Uryx's suggestion sounds as lame to him as it most likely does to Kitty, "Ask the people in town to form a search party, I'll look around here, don't worry too much about her though, your mother is more than capable of handling herself," -trust me...- "You guys go ahead with your journey and leave finding her to me, alright?"
Both Karen and Shiro walked from their spots and meets each other at the center of the village as they wait for the others before heading out towards the exit
Kitty is astonished at what Uryx says, her eyebrows raising in astonishment. "Okay, Dad. I'll talk to Dave about it," she says, seriously, blinking down at the screen of her Digivice. "We'll try to save the Digital World in time for us to come help look for Mom, okay? Everything'll be alright. It is Mom we're talking about, here." And that's precisely why we should worry, Kitty tells herself. Mom doesn't do much other than dishes and cooking these days. And her garden. Someday, Kitty thinks, I'll destroy that garden. That'll show Mom! "Um. Remember your guns if you're going to go out looking. If there's trouble, it might come looking for you." Like it might've for Mom...
"Of course, Kitty, you guys be careful too, look out for each other for me, ok?" Uryx says, going to get his rifle. Uryxia just stands around, a little uncomfortable by the conversation, -I like how Mom won't be watching us the whole time, but I'm not sure these circumstances are preferable...-
"Okay, Dad. Call us if anything happens, okay? I love you. Byeeeeee," Kitty says, before closing the channel and lifting her gaze to her sister's. Her expression is stricken with concern, but she says, "Alright. Let's go get some supplies - Dad'll be pissed that we've got to open a tab, but hopefully we can keep him from having to work overtime if we volunteer to do work later."
As Uryx begins to look for Catherine around (the outside of, as in, the area around, not around the inside) the house, Uryxia nods to her sister, "Yeah, well, I'm sure everything will work out in the end, we should probably form a search party to look for Mom first, though."
"Oh...yeah. Let's go find Dave then," Kitty says, somewhat weakly. "And...then...Yeah. Let's go look for Dave, and then buy the supplies." She scratches the back of her head, past the short-cropped hair, thinking. "Although saving the Worlds is more important. Er, are more important. Ahh, hell. BE MORE IMPORTANT!" She looks to her sister, hoping to lighten the mood at least a fraction.
Uryxia does something she would only do for her sister, she smiles, just a little, before going back to normal, -she tries so hard sometimes,- "Yeah, let's go," she says as she begins walking toward the town hall (where else would you expect to find a mayor).
Kitty is in tow, pocketing her Digivice. "Want me to handle the talking, Urrie?" She offers. "He caters more to my brand of insanity than yours." It's language she heard her mother use once. She winces as she says it - the joke, if there is one, has never made any sense at all to her.
Following his digivice, Squall finds the twins. "Hey, when you two finish collecting the supplies come find Karen and me. we'll be near the middle of town." That said, the man walked towards Karen's location, tying to be near the two as little as possible.
"Sounds like a good idea to me," says Uryxia, -I really wouldn't want to talk to him either, and Kitty seems to actually LIKE him for some reason, but I guess she's just weird like that.- Then Squall catches up to them, she nods at him, acknowledging what he said even though it didn't seem to matter that much, -I really don't trust that guy...-
Kitty merely continues to follow, not bothering to give Squall a second glance. She could handle the Digital World - her sister can handle these newcomers. She noted, briefly, how dark it was getting outside - she hoped Dad at least got his glasses before he went out with his rifle.
As Squall and Griever aproach the center of Lilymoon, the man sees Shiro. -Damnit. I can't get away from these people.- They arrive and Squall sits in silence.
Suddenly, as if from out of nowhere, Dave, the mayor of Lilymoon (apparently for life considering he's STILL mayor after 16 years), appears, "HELLO, Kitty! It's very nice to see you and your sister in our quaint little town again!" "GAH!!!" is how Uryxia responds (like she usually does to Dave being near her).
Shiro looks at the sky as he reads a book and doesn't notices Squall/// Karen waves sightly at him
Kitty giggles cheerfully, jumping up and down. "HELLO DAVEEEEYKINS!" She declares, waving her hand in his face excitably. "Davvers, Mom's gone missing. We're all very worried. Do you think everyone would be willing to help us look for her?"
Dave seems to be equally as happy as Kitty, "Catherine is missing, that's troubling news, but there's no need to fear! I will personally gather everyone in town that isn't crucial to its running is on a search party to find her!" Dave then walks off to gather townsfolk without saying anymore. -You'd think he'd actually stick around to see if we're done talking...- Uryxia thinks, watching him.
"That works," Kitty says, glancing back to her sister. "Okay. Supplies. Then we make sure that Dave gets his, um, what does Mom say? ADD self into gear, and then we get moving." She grins like it's all quite simple really. Their adventure has ended up starting before they'd gotten too far away from home. Rockin'.
Jex walks quickly down the street, wishing he hadn't sold his bike a few weeks back... That forebodeing feeling was still with him. And the farther he goes, the worse it gets. Using the fact that from a distance his Digivice looks like a cell phone to his advantage, he whips out his digital device and begins to scroll around again. He discovers a log of all the Bio-Emergence events he'd ever dealt with, a Scan feature, a homing device that apparently tracks down Digivices he's connected with, and a GPS, among other things. He reaches the store before he realizes it, and, lost in his Digivice, walks right past it. Suddenly, the device begins to beep furiously. As Jex begins to take off running towards the Bio-Emergence event, the beep ceases, and the event is, by all appearences, over. Perplexed, Jex looks about and realizes he has gone right past the store. He walks back, picks up the eggs and milk, and begins his trek back home. Once again, the Digivice goes off, and once again, just as his adreneline begins to flow, it ceases. Confused beyond belief, Jex trugdes home with the groceries.
"Right," Uryxia says, nodding, as she heads to the market district, which just so happens to be near the others, when she sees that Karen had already gotten a lot of supplies, she looks at what they have gathered and tries to see what they may have forgotten, forming a mental list, then she walks to a shop, and asks the shopkeeper, "Do you think we could get a wagon and a digimon to pull it for free? Or at least, get it now and work for it later?"
Kitty merely stands beside her sister, nodding her head all the while. It'd be easier, she thinks, if everyone carried what they needed on their backs - though, clearly, those who hadn't lived in the Digital World were in no shape to do so.
Uryxia goes from shop to shop, getting the remaining things they might need (and an interesting enough looking book), building up a tab with a few of the more stuffy shopkeepers (though most were more than happy to give stuff to the daughters of the saviors of the digital world for free). Uryxia didn't feel too great about taking advantage of them like this, but they really had little choice at the time. When they were done, Uryxia carried the stuff back to the others, "You guys start loading this stuff onto the wagon I bought," and as she said that a wagon being pulled by a Garurumon pulled up beside them, "while Kitty and I finish our business here." -I don't really want to be their leader, but they don't seem capable of doing anything for themselves, so I'll just tell them what to do until they make someone else leader.-
"Ok," Lisa said as she started lugging stuff onto the wagon as quickly as possible, 'I've gotta find a way to make it up to everyone... I have to try my hardest in order to help out," Lisa thought.
"Um, we can pay them back later, Urrie," Kitty says somewhat helpfully, practically reading her sister's thoughts. "The Shopkeepers. These other hooligans," hooligans is an awesome word!, "I don't really like or trust, but they're the best we've got. So for now, let's tread softly." And...what other business must we attend to?
Uryxia was looking for mayor Dave to make sure he was getting his ADD butt in gear. When she found him, he was leading a team of enthusiastic looking digimon, and the group was growing ever larger, "Hey, Dave!" Uryxia shouted over to him, "We have important things to take care of in the digital world, if you find our Mom, be sure to tell our Dad, he'll know how to tell us, I... appreciate all you're doing for us..." Uryxia didn't usually have to thank anyone for anything, so she was a little uncomfortable, but she felt she HAD to, at least now.
Kitty nods her head, "What she means to say," she says, enthusiastically, to Dave, "is: OMGTHANKYOUSOMUCHDAVEIT'SREALLYGREATWEHOPEYOUHAVEAWESOMEADVENTUR ESANDSTUFF!" She exhales sharply, then grins slyly. "Have fuuuun. Goodluck finding our Mom, Dave. Thanks again."
As Squall loaded the caravan up he began speaking to Lisa. "When they get back I think we should go speak with the Angemon. He did, afterall, give us the warning and requested our presence."
"Yeah, that's true... so who should step up?" Lisa asked as she continued to load stuff on the wagon.
"Well," began Squall, abit angrily, "I sure as hell won't be taking orders from the twins. Or this 'Shiro' guy."
"So its you, me, or Karen," Lisa said.
Uryxia looks aside to her sister, -couldn't have said it better myself,- and they walked back to the rest of the group, Dave waved and shouted, "Don't you worry yourselves one bit! We'll find your mother for sure!" When she saw that they still weren't done loading it, her thoughts were, -they STILL aren't done? I guess I'll help...- and Uryxia began helping to load it without saying anything.
Kitty, instead of helping, stared up at the sky and tapped a booted foot. "When're we gonna goooooo," she complained. "We need to go soooooooooon. Why are we taking so looooooong."
"Over all, I don't think it matters. They aren't really order followers anyway," Squall pointed out, indicating the duo.
Lisa continued to put stuff on, "You're probably right, unlike Catherine and Uryx, they don't seem particularly... wanting to follow our directions," Lisa said.
"What's that about us?" Uryxia asks, finishing up the last of the things, still in her same old voice, "Do you two have a problem with my sister and I?"
Kitty abruptly glances over. "Hey, we're not being rude to you guys. Show us a bit of respect - we've been here longer than you have, and know the land better."
"But we're more experienced with fighting," Lisa told them.
"Pesonally, I don't like your brashness." Squall started at Uryxia. "Your sister I can get over."
Uryxia looks through Squall again, "Fine, we'll do things your way, so where do we go from here?" -This oughtta be good, from what I remember of Dad's stories, assuming these really are his old comrades, they couldn't lead for beans. I really don't know where we should go from here anyway...- Uryxia's expression doesn't change.
"Well if Squall doesn't mind, I need to meet someone again," Lisa told them.
"You know they lay of the land, as Kitty said." Squall says, "First we must speak to Angemon. He sent the message that the worlds were in danger." The man heard Lisa's request and asked, "Who must you meet?"
"Well its an old friend from when we were last here. Not sure if you remember me mentioning him. He was my Guru, Jijimon," Lisa explained.
"I don't mind you meeting with an old friend but i'm not sure about the others," Squall says to Lisa. "We do need to get to Angemon though. If neither of you mind," The man addressed the twins, "Could you lead the way? I never could control our group." -Nor did I care to try.- added Squall mentally.
"There's no location called Angemon," Kitty says, staring at Squall and lifting a brown eyebrow. "There's Digimon called Angemon, though. Duh."
"Sorry," Uryxia says, "You guys figure things out for yourselves, we'll FOLLOW," she stresses follow. With what Kitty says she nods, "and Kitty's right, you have to be more specific than that."
"I know that," Squall says, already starting to get irritated. -How the hell are they pissing me off so easily?- "The digimon didn't specify where they were, but I figured we could go to the Crystal Palace. You should know where that is at least." Squall said the last remark with a little sarcasm.
"We know where that is. But because you guys don't like us, why don't you all find your own way there?" Kitty interrupts. Her expression is one of scorn and distaste.
Uryxia nods, "And there's another place inhabited by Angemon, too," she adds, though she doesn't elaborate.
"Because the fate of both worlds are at stake!" Squall was begining to lose it. "It's obvious that you two are too selfish and thoughtless to care though!" Squall thought of how he came to the Digital World looking for Uryx and Catherine. He had mentioned to the upstart Kitty the stake yet she ignored him, choosing to insult him instead.
Kitty opens her eyes a little wider, then leans forward, standing on her tiptoes to gaze into Squall's eyes with her intense, blue ones. "If you want mindless obedience, why don't you just ask our parents to go with you?" She asks, angrily, her hands curling into fists. "We know what's at stake - but so far, we don't know what we're doing other than going after a certain Angemon, where he is, or what, exactly, we're supposed to be doing otherwise!"
"Look, it's not that we don't care," Uryxia says, "It's just that we don't know we can trust you, especially when you talk about us behind our backs. If you want us to actually help, then give us something to work with. Otherwise, we can just do this ourselves, isn't that right, Kitty?"
"Easily," Kitty says, snapping her fingers. "It'd be a cakewalk."
Squall had run out of steam in his last tirade. "You could help by at least pointing me in the right direction of the Crystal Dome. I can start alone from there," the man said quietly, dejected.
"If you must know, there's two ways to get there from here," Uryxia says, "There's a way that goes through the desert, wastelands, and mountains, that's the treacherous way. Then, there's the path through the forest and through the entire length of the Holy Protocol Zone, that's the long way, which would you prefer... and no matter which way you're going, we'll go with you." -I don't want to risk you attacking the innocent, it's still possible this is all an act.-
"If you two insist on following, we should take the safer path," Squall says, still sad. He may not like them but the thought of them getting hurt pained him. If it could be avoided, there would be no fights.
"Suit yourself," Uryxia shrugs, "It's this way," she says as she points the wagon in the right direction and gets the Garurumon moving before taking a place behind the wagon and walking with it there. Uryxia just thinks as the new caravan sets out on a new adventure, -I can't afford to sleep, I've gotta watch these guys in case they try anything...-
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