Going Digital

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Taiyo: "Um...now what?"

E"I don't know...I agreed to this meeting mostly because I wanted Gigimon to have some friends of his own kind. But maybe what he also needs is a spot private enough for him to run around in."

*Gummymon jumps out of Eve's arms*

<You can all come to our house! Eve's parents aren't home, and it's big enough to run around it.>

Eve:<Gummymon! Don't go around saying stuff like that.>

"Woah seriously?"

Azuma: "That's...I don't know how to respond to that in any manner. It's pretty weird."

Taiyo: "No one else is around here. I think we're the only people who come here."

R"Really? Isn't this a public park?"

Eve:<I know, Gummymon's just trying to be friendly.>

Kylie:<I'm surprised no one saw us last time.>

Azuma: "Kids have video games, old people have coffee shops, and pedophiles have the internet. No reason for anyone to come to a park of any kind."

Taiyo: "We're here for a reason."

Azuma: "We're also an odd bunch."

*Kylie and Moonmon stare at Azuma, wondering if he's ever been at a park before yesterday*

Eve:<We still should not be so out in the open.>

*Roatha shrugs.*

R"Well, I'm fine with it. I already claim that Dorimon is a type of rodent native to South America that I keep as a pet. If worse comes to worst, we can just claim that Gigimon is some kind of lizard that mimics human voices, like a parrot."

"I usually just say that Koromon is a plush toy."

R"Okay, that obviously doesn't work if they're moving around, talking in complete sentences."

*Gigimon jumps out of Euryale's backpack & looks for a tree to climb.*

Azuma: "Could totally work. Robotics and all."

There is indeed a tree nearby. With a crow in it that caws at the weird lizard trying to climb its tree.

Azuma: "Wouldn't that raise further questions? Like how you got a rodent from half a world away and why no one has ever heard of a talking lizard?"

Taiyo: "Cameron's can be passed off as a radish."

R"It's called the internet, okay? And lots of people don't know about lots of animals. Doesn't mean that they don't exist."

*Gigimon doesn't care, & climbs a tree, grinning stupidly.*

Cameron:<From behind, maybe.>

Azuma: "Logged on to Amazon, and ordered a rodent monster. Totally believable."

I don't know how a lizard with no visible claws and stubby legs is to climb a tree, so I'm going to say it's not working out too well and the crow caws at him again.

Tokomon: "What am I supposed to be?"

Azuma: "Hairless rabbit that doesn't properly maintain its teeth."

Gummymon:<What about me?>

Eve:<I don't think you can be anything other than a stuffed toy.>

Moonmon:<Same here.>

*Either with retractable claws, or some kind of foot pad. Point is, it climbs trees. Meanwhile, Euryale folds her arms.*

E"It already works for his parents, & all of their friends."

Azuma: "Then it pleases me to be the first to doubt his story. Should I ever meet these people, I'll be sure to help keep the illusion alive."

The crow then flies down, cawing and flapping in his face.

As they're apparently going nowhere, Taiyo sits down in a swing next to Hitomi.

Taiyo: "Hi. Hitomi, right?"

Hitomi: "Yes. You're Taiyo, correct?"

Taiyo: "Yep."

Eve:<Are we actually going to do something or...?>

*Gigimon snaps at the crow with its big ol' teeth. Euryale shrugs.*

E"Gigimon is fighting a crow."

*She turns back. Roatha shakes his head & stares at the ground.*

E"Take out the wings, boy!"

R"She...wants to teach him martial arts...."

Azuma: "I'd pay to see that. Not much because I don't have much money, but enough."

The crow scratches him and flies off because fuck that noise.

Azuma: "Whoever lost the most blood is the loser."

Tokomon: "I'm hungry."

*Gigimon falls down onto his back & rolls over, trotting over to Euryale, crying.*

G<EURI, I GOT AN OUCHIE!>

*Euryale crosses her arms & looks pointedly away.*

"So? You're perfectly capable of taking care of yourself. You're not a hatchling anymore."

G<B-but y-you'd p-pick me up & sn-snuggle me if we were-ere aloooone!>

*Euryale sighs, whispering over her shoulder.*

E"(You weren't supposed to tell them that!)"

*Roatha snickers at her predicament. Dorimon jumps down & starts licking Gigimon.*

Taiyo: "Awww."

Azuma: "Well, I'm gonna skidaddle before this monster tries eating something he shouldn't. See ya'll...I don't know."

He begins to leave. Hitomi stands up from her spot on the swing.

Hitomi: "Um...see you later, Taiyo."

Taiyo: "All right. Bye."

"Well we accomplished nothing..." Hibiki sighs.

Koromon is still poking the digivice for no reason.