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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2021-03-26 04:46 am

The Will to Fight: Conclusion

The battles rage loud and ferocious at the gates of the city and off in the ruined wastelands of Erda, and on the walls a struggle of a different kind occurs. The team who stayed behind at the towers are small but determined as they move stoically across the walls to right the stones that have become misaligned, even as their friends battle not too far away.

The city begins to hum. It's a quiet hum, not loud enough to be heard out where the others are fighting but it vibrates even through stone. The recovering monks assure them that it is done, the wards are back up and no demon will be able to enter the city.

Eventually the battle is won, all three battles. The demons fought back and killed, a major blow to their gate system that will keep them back for hopefully a long time. Those waiting in the caverns return to the city and by the time they get there the illusions are gone. Everyone can see the world for what it really is.

But despite the ruins of their world the people are relieved, the adrenaline of the fight coursing through their veins and the mood is one of hope. They will build again, their people will survive.

All Voidtreckers please return to the Voidtrecker Express. Departure will be in a few hours

It has landed not too far from the city, cloaked to make it unnoticeable to the citizens, for all the good that does. No one has been particularly subtle this last week. People can begin regrouping, packing up the camp and getting any wounded not already healed to the train.

However roughly half an hour later another message appears on their SCA.

Passenger Persephone has requested we remain on system System #86525656412355 for an additional day to further assist the people of Erda. The Voidtrecker Express will depart on the morning of Day Fifteen of the month of Kazoo.

The train remains where it is, so the voidtreckers can use its facilities. There is definitely a lot that can be done to assist those of this world and the citizens will welcome any helping hands.

After an extra day they finally depart, returning to the void once more.

(OOC Note: Once the wards are up any characters who are demonic in nature will not be able to enter the city either!)
miseris_socios: (ah...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-30 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah."

The two of them seem to be having A Moment, so he just waits.

"... What?"

He's just kind of confused with no context.
Edited 2021-03-30 00:17 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-30 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ken's brow furrows. "You can retrieve - items from your home?"

Wormmon's antennae are at attention. If that's true - oh, if that is TRUE---!!!

He'll be able to protect Ken-chan even better!!
miseris_socios: (huh?)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-30 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm pretty sure? I got some healing items from home. And weapons cost a lot, which is why I couldn't get mine last time... I hope I have enough points this time."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-30 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Cost....points. Ken feels bad about diverting the conversation, but Amada-kun does seem to be doing a little better, and that is the most important thing.

Besides, this is relevant.

"So if we gather 'points'," Ken concludes, to be sure he has this right, "we can purchase objects."

"Ken-chan, then!"

"Ah." Wormmon and Ken nod in unison, and Ken finishes Wormmon's statement: "You'll be able to evolve!"
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-30 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
"That's right."

'Evolve'? He just looks confused. "Wait, what do you mean? Evolve how?"

Evolution takes forever.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-30 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
"When Ken-chan has his Digivice," Wormmon explains, "he can send me power. I can become a stronger Digimon!"

"It's not a typical 'evolution'," Ken admits. "But our ability to help on missions will definitely increase."
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-30 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
"... Oh." Oh. He looks down at Wormmon. Hmm...

"I think you're pretty strong already, but..." He offers the Digimon a small, shy smile.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-30 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Wormmon has never been called "pretty strong!" in this form before. "....Wow..."

Smiling - anything that makes Wormmon happy makes Ken happy - Ken is quick to add, "Spear lessons are still appreciated. These enemies are different from those we faced before."

The scale of the battle indicates that, for certain. If evil Digimon ever rallied armies that large.....

Ken shoves back a shiver, since the villain who'd come closest to managing that in his world was him.
miseris_socios: (huh?)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-30 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. I can definitely help out..."

He nods at the other Ken, and then looks down at his clothes. ... Right. Given what they'd just been through... he's changed since the battle, but he still needs new pants. "We can't pick up purchases until the next platform, but I think that's a few days from now. So we have time... as much as I want to train I really should be taking it easy for a bit."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-31 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Ken nods. It takes a while for the train to travel between stops, so they fortunately can set their own pace. Both of them can recover at their leisure. "Rest as long as you need."

"For your body and your heart," Wormmon adds. Many people forget to look after one of those two things, but both are important.
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-03-31 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Both, huh? "I know how to take care of the body one. ... How do I rest my heart?"

It's cute, and wouldn't sound out of place in a sentai, but he's not sure how it would actually work.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-03-31 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
When Wormmon puts a claw to his mandibles to think, Ken decides to help out. "This is personal experience," he prefaces. "But I found more peace once I accepted both the good and bad inside of myself, and realized I was loved and not alone."

Wormmon nods. "Don't run from pain. But someone will always care about you. Remember that."
Edited 2021-03-31 12:12 (UTC)
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-01 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
He hesitates. The good and the bad, huh? ... It's hard, when all he can see is bad right now. Anger, depression, failure...

"I don't... I don't know if I can do that..."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-01 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
"You can!"

Wormmon with the soft belief in boys named Ken for 500, Alex.

"And if you can't, your friends will until you can. Spend time with them."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-01 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
Buoyed by Wormmon, Ken nods. "The good hides itself sometimes. Because focusing on the bad is easier. But I see a lot of good in you, Amada-kun, so....if it helps....."

....And then he has to stop and blush, realizing what he's in the midst of saying, which is not something he's said before to anyone (except, in variations, to Wormmon). New experience! Overwhelming!

He's looking down and turning bright red.
Edited 2021-04-01 09:56 (UTC)
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-01 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I..." Oh no, the other Ken is blushing. "... Th... thank you. And. Um. I'll try."

Friends, huh... they're friends, he's pretty sure. Who else is a friend?

... Vexen is different than a friend. "I... I can try. It's... been a while since I've had friends. My team at home was kind of like a family..." And he hadn't been the most popular before everything happened. A few friends, but there was no way he could have hung out with them without complicating things.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-02 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Me too." Wait, no, uh...

Ken is blanking out pretty hard now; too many feelings, and most of them are self-consciousness. "I'm new to. Friends."

This is awkward, this is terrible, it's his fault, he has to fix it -

"Let's look forward to our continued acquaintance."

THAT DID NOT FIX IT.
miseris_socios: (grr...)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-02 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
He just stares at Ken in wild confusion. "You don't need to be so formal." Especially if they're friends...
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-02 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Ken-chan's just shy," Wormmon contributes. "This is his first time making a friend instead of being made a friend!"

"Ahahhaaaaa....."

If it helps, Amada-kun, everyone has their own battles they're fighting!
miseris_socios: (huh?)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-02 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"... I'm not really used to it either, if it helps? When I was little I played with other kids sometimes but I don't... it feels like it was another lifetime. And Strega took me in... but it's a different kind of feeling." The closest comparison he has is Koromaru, who... is a dog.
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-03 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Strega is your group?"

He's used that phrase before. Ken is wondering whether it means to Amada-kun what "Chosen Children" means to him.
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[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-03 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. SEES is the other group of Persona-users... they work for the Kirijo Group, though. They're bad news... covering up my mother's death was one of the less shady things they've done."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-03 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
Two groups of people with similar powers, bent against each other instead of working together. One the mastermind of horrible sins......

"Kirijo....Group...."

The likelihood of anyone from Amada-kun's world arriving here is....well, Ken doesn't know whether it's even a percentage that can be calculated, as he doesn't know the summoning criteria (and one of the numbers he might be dealing with is "infinity"). But just in case. For his friend.

Ken will remember that name.
miseris_socios: (blankly)

[personal profile] miseris_socios 2021-04-03 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm just... tired of all of what they're doing. And SEES is... I'm not saying the Dark Hour is a good thing, but it's the only way we survive. And if they kill all of the big Shadows, apparently the Dark Hour will end. And I don't... know what to do."
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[personal profile] ourtomorrow 2021-04-04 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, that pulls Ken up straight.

"The darkness in your world - can end?"

That's......not how it's......supposed......to work, and yet. If there's a way to bring an end to all the threats........

Or is Amada-kun talking about something else?

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