Old Ones Return (V)

E"Maybe this is an American thing. Oh well. We'll be going over there."

*Euryale points to another column & heads off. The Digimon get tired of waiting & head for the water.*
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Reg<You don't seem to work together very well.>
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"Doing my own thing."

Taiyo shrugs and follows after Euryale.

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Monodramon: "We do what we must."

*Kylie looks at Thiera*

<Do you want this one?>

Lunamon:<Wait for me!>

*Lunamon bounds off the cushion and jumps into the water*
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<Want any company?>

D<Thanks.> T"Oh no, please, you...>

*DemiDevimon flies right in.

T"...take it."
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*Gomamon also dives in, while Agumon shields his face & then climbs in more slowly. That SkullGreymon from before waves from his spot in the opposite end of the pool, a dinky towel wrapped around his horn.*
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*Now in their own private room, Euryale takes her top off, hanging it on the towel rack.*
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Reg<With that attitude, it's not likely you'll ever Biomerge. Oh, that's when you combine with your partner. In some ways, it's the easiest way to Digivolve to Mega.>
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"I don't care. Just don't crowd me."

*So she heads off again.*

When not gawking at Euryale, Taiyo begins undressing.

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The two presumably look for their own room within a pillar or whatever.

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Monodramon: "I can become strong enough to protect him without Biomerging."

Kylie:<...Thanks.>

*She stares at DemiDevimon*

<Uh...>
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*Lunamon splashes the other digimon*
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*Lyra follows, but hangs back*

*DemiDevimon stands on the towel rack & stares back at her. She licks her teeth.*
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A<Stop it.>

*Gomamon just dives.*
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*Euryale pulls off her bra & hangs it up.*

E"I wonder if we can get these washed."

*She begins taking off her pants next.*
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*The next one they come to has a blue cushion instead of a red one, but is otherwise the same.*
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*They come upon a statue of Venusmon in her iconic pose, with a few circular, white buildings with decorative columns dotted around. Tsune stares up at it.*
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Reg<How's that workin' out for ya?>

Taiyo bites her lip and stumbles when she goes to remove her pants.

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Azuma: "I'll excuse myself."

Azuma and the Digimon leave, the Digimon deciding to go off to the water.

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Monodramon: "What's it to you what I do and how I do it?"

<Do...you want this room?>
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*Lunamon does, looking a little sad*
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*Lyra looks up as well, her expression unreadable*

D<I'm not movin'. I don't care what you do.>
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*Once she's all nekkid, Euryale grabs a pair of towels, passing 1 to Taiyo.*
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*Agumon starts looking around.*

A<Yeesh, what's takin' them? And where's the fox?>
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*Regulumon shrugs.*

Reg<Whatever, I don't care what happens to you.>
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*Tsune heads off to check out one of the small buildings.*

Taiyo takes the towel and wraps it around herself, presumabky heading downstairs to the bath.

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Azuma wanders about, spotting Hideki staring out at the lake. Elsewhere Renamon is doing her own thing because she doesn't like water.

Azuma: "Must be an interesting sight if you've been standing here all this time."

Hideki: "Monodramon has yet to cross."

Azuma: "Maybe they don't like water."

Hideki: "Or they're not permitted to cross."

*Kylie goes over into a corridor then strips and quickly covers herself with a towel*
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Lunamon:<Doesn't she hate water?>
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*Lyra checks out another building*

A<Doesn't she hate smelling like a dead otter?>

*She never does find her magical stairs. Euryale heads out. When she gets near the bath, she drops the towel & does a flip into the water, tucking into a cannonball. Agumon glares at her as she surfaces, unamused. She just laughs at his look.*
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*Lyra finds that it contains sports equipment.*
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*DemiDevimon keeps staring at Kylie. Also, at one point when she looks away, DemiDevimon flies closer, & keeps staring.*
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Reg<...I really hate this place.>

Taiyo drops the towel and slips in, swimming up to Euryale and wrapping her arms around her waist.

Taiyo: "This is almost like a dream comes true."

Hitomi eventually enters the scene and gets in the bath, not moving from where she slides in. And without her glasses she can't see a damn thing.

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Azuma: "You think Monodramon might like something that keeps it from crossing more than....you?"

Hideki: "I don't know. Maybe. It's okay. Lots of people like things more than other people."

Azuma: "I guess."

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Monodramon: "Then why did you come here?"

*Kylie looks up at DemiDevimon*

<Uh...hi?>
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Lunamon:<You should ask her.>
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*Lyra grabs a soccer ball if there is one*

<Hey Tsune, think Venusmon would let us borrow her stuff?>

D<Don't mind me. Keep going.>

*She folds her wings behind her & leans forward, still staring.*
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*Tsune yells from far off that she doesn't care.*
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*Euryale touches the arms around her stomach & rubs them slightly with her fingers.*

A<Hey, Taiyo, you are planning on making Renamon wash, right? Some of us have large, sensitive noses.>
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Reg<What are you, stupid? I was dragged along.>

Taiyo: "I'm sure she will. Probably later when she has some privacy."

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Monodramon: "No one is forcing you to stay."

Kylie:<I kinda feel a bit uncomfortable...>
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*Lyra sets the ball on the ground and kicks it in Tsune's direction*

<Heads up!>

D<And why would that be?>

*She licks her teeth again.*
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A<Good. 'Cause nobody wants to smell that.>

*Thiera fidgets out from behind one of the pillars, a towel wrapped tightly around her.*

E"How many stops did you have to make before you found a white towel?"

T"Twelve."

E"...Uh...."

T"Could you--could you all just--turn around, please?"

*She makes a spinning motion with her finger. Then she looks up at the SkullGreymon at the far end of the pool, points to him, & does the same motion.*

T"You, too. Turn around. Please."

*So the SkullGreymon slowly rises out of the water, turns around, & sits back down, sending a low ripple across the pool.*
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*Tsune ducks as the ball bounces off of the structure that she's coming out of, where her head was a second ago, & glares at Lyra. The ball lands in a bush.*
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*Regulumon growls.*

Reg<Was that back-sass I just heard?>

Kylie:<Um, I'm not wearing clothes...it makes me feel vulnerable.>
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*Lyra goes to retrieve the ball, grinning*

<Sorry, I didn't mean to have that be literal.>

Taiyo: "Did it really have to be a white towel?"

Taiyo swims around Euryale, so she's facing her. Hitomi doesn't even know where Thiera is to look away.

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Monodramon: "If you don't like it here why stay? There's no one to stop you from leaving."

*Thiera frowns.*

T"I said to turn around."

E"I think you'd look good in black."

*Thiera glares at Euryale, so she sighs & turns around, raising her arms in a "don't shoot me" gesture. Agumon follows suit while Gomamon dives again.*
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<Just pretend like I'm not even here, & it'll be over in no time.>
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*Regulumon points at him.*

Reg<You sassin' me, Boy?>
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*Tsune continues to glare at her. It is not easy to get past the bush.*

Lyra:<Don't be so mad, it was a mistake!>

*So she fights her way through the bush*
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*Kylie gulps, turns around to face the wall, then finishes undressing and instantly wraps a towel around herself*

Taiyo leans closer to Euryale's ear.

Taiyo: "I wouldn't mind coming back here when it's just the two of us."

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Monodramon looks at Regulumon who's acting like an exaggerated characture on top of refering to it as "Boy" despite having never been refered to as any gender.

*She hears DemiDevimon whisper "Rosebud" into her ear.*
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E"(We'll probably have to.)"

T"Why are so many of you not turning around?!"
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Reg<Tha's wha I THOUGHT.>

*He resumes crossing his arms.*
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*The bush does not surrender its treasures easily, & Lyra winds up snagging her skin & clothes on the branches by the time she gets a hold of the ball.*