Old Ones Return (IV)

T"Those aren't sprites, those are polygons. The game is probably from the late 1990s, or early 2000s."

E"Hey, you got a card from BanchoLeomon, right? Maybe you should try sliding it through the card reader."

Yamaki<That's a good idea. Tally!>

Tally<Yes, Sir!>

*The big crane-mounted chair that they are on begins to descend.*

Azuma goes and swipesnthe card through the card reader.

*They watch with interest*

*For a while, nothing happens. Then the Guilmon runs away as a BanchoLeomon walks onto the screen & turns towards them. He nods.*

<Chosen Children.>

Azuma: "Howdy."

Salamon: "That lame brain idea worked."

Biyomon:<Glad you survived.>

Cameron:<Chosen children?>

BL<Not important. Have you decided upon a time to meet with the Celestials?>

Cameron:<No, but it needs to be as soon as possible.>

Azuma: "How does right now sound?"

BanchoLeomon<We can try, but there's no guarantee that they will agree to it, on such short notice.>

Azuma: "Kind of an emergency."

*Cameron nods*

<My sister has been kidnap by the mercenaries.>

*A regular old Leomon comes onto the screen, looking rather odd in side view.*

Leomon<They have agreed. Apparently, they see the situation as an emergency, as well.>

BanchoLeomon<Well, then.>

*He cuts the air with his knife, which on the game looks like a weird graphical distortion.*

Riley<Bio-Emergence Field detected on the roof of the building!>

<Let's go!>

*Cameron races off towards the stairs or whatever to the roof*

Azuma: "That's our way out."

Taiyo looks at the bag she's presumably carrying, not wanting to take it to the Digital World.

*No one knows what Taiyo's doing, so they just kind of look at her.*

E"Are you coming?"

Taiyo: "Huh? Oh, um...yes."

*And so they ride to the top of the building, where there is fog covering the tower.*

Azuma: "I wonder what these Celestials are like. Are they the same as the ones in the card game or not?"

Patamon: "Who are you talking to?"

Azuma: "Myself apparently."

Yokomon:<We'll find out soon enough.>

*And so they pass through to BanchoLeomon's home, where all of the Leomon are assembled.*

BanchoLeomon<Glad you could make it. And that we could arrange this outing so quickly. There should be a data stream coming soon to take us to our destination--we will know it by its golden color.>

*Biyomon nods*

Cameron:<Is it possible we could be followed?>

Azuma: "Or that they already know of the Celestials?"

*They look around.*

Regulumon<Who exactly do you think is here to follow us?>

Leomon<It's impossible to say what the enemy already knows, but they haven't breached this Zone yet. They're growing close, which is probably why the Celestials agreed to act so quickly.>

Ice<This Zone is the last, before the enemy reaches them. And the Celestials act as the final defense of the Sovereigns.>

BanchoLeomon<In other words, there are currently only 2 remaining buffer zones until the enemy arrives at the core of the Digital World.>

Azuma: "That's...reassuring."