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@1Charak2
Can we get a quick description of the books? I want to make sure I'm not assuming things incorrectly in my next post.

Delete this

Yo I'd be down if this gets going.

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Not really my place to say what another character does. So either way.

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I mean if everyone just jumps Wisemon then Renamon would probably join in, but she'll be mad if they survive it.

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As always, let me know if anything is egregious enough to need to be changed.

Shion may be an idiot.

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A Flower in Bloom (Part 2)

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Two minutes pass

Shion ignored the other entities in the room in favor of a nearby book. Strangely, she didn't recognize the characters on it, and wasn't able to open it. Renamon, on the other hand, found herself drawn to Shion by virtue of her being the only human to not seem to recognize one of the digimon. They were in the same boat, so to speak. "H-" she began before being cut off.

"01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111." These words pierced the air from near the anomaly the humans entered from as Wisemon appeared. It continued speaking, cutting off Shion's attempt to respond. When it finished, Renamon continued speaking to Shion.

"Ten minutes, huh?" It was at these words that Shion noticed Renamon.

"Oh, hi." She looked around the room at the others. They all seemed to have paired up with one of these creatures, recognizing them.

"Excuse me, but do you know if another human is coming?"

"Doubtful. We were the only ones in the classroom other than Mr. Fujo, and he's out cold."

Renamon blanched. If that was the case, then... "I see. I don't suppose you happen to recognize me, then? I'm afraid that I don't recognize you, but perhaps that's one sided." After all, the young girl she almost killed didn't have red in her hair like this one.

"Sorry, but no dice. I don't recognize you either, and I've got a near perfect memory to draw from."

"I see. My apologies. It seems we're the only ones without..." Wait a moment. "Near perfect?"

"Eh. Supposedly I fell and nearly died when I was younger, but I don't remember it."

Renamon's eyes widened. This girl... could she actually be...? "You... fell? Do you mean from a high place, or... do you mean down stairs?"

Shion's eyebrow shot up. "Yeah, how'd you know it was stairs?"

"I think... I was the one to trip you. I was just a Fresh digimon when suddenly I found myself in a large area with many humans. A larger digimon began chasing me, and while it wasn't particularly strong or dangerous, since I was still Fresh nearly everything was stronger and dangerous for me. I wound up running right in front of a young girl and she tripped on me. I probably would've died if she hadn't caught me and protected me during the fall. I owe that girl my life, and a debt for nearly getting her killed. I never even learned her name because she was barely conscious." Renamon admitted, somewhat cautiously. She didn't want to be tricked by a human other than that girl into thinking they were her.

"Well, I don't know about that, but did you see a small komainu statue at the bottom of the stairs? My parents claim there was one sitting by me when they found me."

Renamon's eyes lit up and she lunged for Shion, grabbing her into a hug. "It is you!" She let go and took a step back. "The chances of everyone recognizing a human and vice versa except us, and us not having some connection is slim. But if you had a komainu statue next to you, then I know it was you."

"Really? You saw one?"

"I was one! In my Fresh form, I'm able to transform into objects about the same size as myself. I turned into a statue in order to not get attacked while I talked and tried to keep you conscious. I'm so glad I was able to meet you again!" Renamon turned to look at Wisemon. "Even if we might be killed soon. Oh! What's your name? I'm Renamon."

"Shion. It's nice to meet you, Renamon."

Having learned that they in fact did have a deeper connection as everyone else seemed to, Shion and Renamon turned towards Wisemon.

"... I bet I can take him."

"No you can't, he's a Perfect level digimon. It would take all of us here to take down an Adult, and it would take all of us in our own Adult forms to take down a Perfect without major casualties."

"I don't know what that means, but I have scissors. Does that help?"

"No, not really. Our best bet would be to find what it's looking for or to run." With that, Renamon turned and addressed the remaining digimon and humans. "What are we going to do? The way I see it, we can either split up and look for this book it wants, or split up and run. Or... if we're feeling suicidal, we can try to fight." She looked over the other digimon. Pawnchessmon. BlackAgumon. Sistermon. Impmon. Armadimon. Tinkermon. And of course herself, a Renamon. She quickly calculated in her head. "I say we split into a fighting group and a searching group, in case we can't find it in time. The fighting group can try to buy the searching group some more time. But then we have no way of winning. Whereas if we all run, he might not be able to catch all of us. But that would be sacrificing those of us who would have been in the fighting group, seeing as the group criteria is based on speed. Any other plans?"

Shion paused a moment. "I'm not entirely convinced that this guy knows what maceration is, either."

Renamon turned to stare at Shion. "That... that's not relevant right now?"

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@1Charak2
Ah. Alright. Is it egregious enough to need to change in my post or is it okay as it is?

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A Flower in Bloom

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Well, this blows. Shion thought to herself as she sat in detention, sitting in the furthest back seat right in the middle row. Unfortunately, there was nobody sitting in front of her to hide her, but on the other hand the teacher didn't seem to care very much. Her favorite headphones, or rather her favorite ones that she was willing to take outside her home, and her MP3 had been confiscated earlier in the day. To make matters worse, she had been ordered to go to detention at the time as well. Clearly this school wasn't as lenient towards its students as her previous was. Still, with Mr. Fujo distracted, she was able to sneak in a thin-corded earbud into her left ear, hidden by her hair, and listened to her phone's music as she sat there doodling a cartoon fox rather than doing the work she should probably be doing. She had looked around upon entering the classroom to see the two girls who had been fighting in front of the test scores earlier that day. Honestly, who cares about that kind of stuff? she thought. She'd been systematically answering on her tests to try to get the most average score possible. According to the results, she was one place off from the exact middle of the rankings, something that angered her enough to make her put on her headphones to calm down. If it weren't for that, she might not have been caught and put in detention in the first place.

Suddenly, the clock on Mr. Fujo's desk began to malfunction and a loud series of static bursts came from Shion's earbuds, temporarily deafening her ear and causing her to quickly pull the earbud out. "Shit!" she exclaimed before quickly covering her mouth as she realized that she'd just spoken aloud. Luckily, at least in her opinion, Mr. Fujo fell forward and smacked the desk he was sitting at head-first. Less fortunate was the earthquake that knocked her things off of her desk and nearly made her fall out of her own chair. After she regained her balance and composure she looked around the room. "Man, an earthquake? We should... Uh... Is it just me or is the sky... missing?" She glanced around again to see if Mr. Fujo was awake before getting up and walking over to a window. "Yep. There's some sort of white void going on out there..." Shion paused for a moment before grinning and running up to the teacher's desk, rummaging around in the drawers and humming to herself. "Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm-hmm hmm, hmm hm-hmm hm-hmm hmm... Aha!" she exclaimed as she pulled out her stolen MP3 and headphones. As she lifted her head in doing so, she noticed the back of the classroom for the first time.

She stood there staring for a moment as a deadpan expression crossed her face. This was quickly replaced with a grin. Today was turning out to be quite the day.

Then that idiot with the curls ran into the... portal? She ran into the portal at the back of the classroom. Sure, Shion was planning the same thing, but to do so in such a reckless way was too stupid even for... Did that bitch just taunt her? With a huff, Shion grabbed a pair of scissors from the teacher's desk and went towards the back of the classroom. She was passed by the girl with braided hair as she went through the rift as well, leaving Shion standing there in awe at the two girls' stupiditybravery. She turned back to the rest of the classroom. "Well, I'd say it's been fun, but it hasn't really. 'Those with weak stomachs should not proceed,' and all that. Here's hoping we'll meet again." And with that, she walked through the portal as well.

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Falling Leaves

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Re-chan found herself plummeting into a white abyss as she awoke from her nap. She looked around desperately, but the sides of the fissure were too far away to latch onto. She turned as she fell to fall belly-first and saw binary and light passing her by. Soon a room of some sort became visible beneath her, and as she landed within it she rolled quickly to her feet before looking around. She seemed to be in some sort of library. Curious. She found herself drawn to the books around her, attempting to read the titles to no avail. It appeared they weren't written in the language of the Digital World. Just then she heard something behind her.

"Ohohoho, of course, nothing dangerous here..." came from the human that had just appeared. Re-chan raised an eyebrow, or at least as much as a Renamon could. Firstly, a human? It seemed she wasn't in the Digital World any longer if there was a human here. Second, 'nothing dangerous?' Re-chan was almost insulted. And thirdly... it seemed that the human and one of the other digimon knew each other? Intriguing. And it only got more interesting when another human appeared. Yet another of the digimon seemed to know this human as well. At this rate, it seemed unlikely that this was coincidence. Still, she kept her guard up. Quickly after the second human appeared, so did a third.

"The library? What a dumb portal. Couldn't send us somewhere cooler?" This human looked around and quickly found itself drawn to the books rather than the digimon in the room. Not a great survival strategy for a human, though she supposed she did the same thing so there wasn't a lot of room to judge. Re-chan looked around. Was no-one going to claim this human like the previous two? Curious. Re-chan continued watching the portal. If the pattern continued, and humans continued to appear and be recognized by the digimon in the room, then perhaps... perhaps that young girl would appear for Re-chan as well? She stood vigilant for such a meeting. She would make her amends.

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@1Charak2
That blow to the head knocked Fujo out cold, right? Or is he still conscious?

Edit: Went with that so I don't get left behind by the others, heh.

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I don't mind either way, either. Whatever works best for you, Charak.