"So, why are we doing this, anyway?" You ask as you follow the little round bat across a bridge over the yawning abyss. There's actually a few Bakemon floating on various other bridges, so it actually feels a bit like this place is inhabited now.
"It's something we've had to do for a while now. None of us ever thought it was actually going to happen, but the boss kept insisting. Said we needed to be ready for when the DigiDestined showed up, because that was how- well, how things were going to get better. And... that when the time came, we had to do this fast as possible, because he didn't know how much time we actually had."
So there's an actual urgency to this? "But... what
is it, exactly?"
"I'm not entirely sure. It's just... we have this really big basement, with doors that never open. If we're not running a drill or anything, Lord Myotismon doesn't like going near them. I got here after we started doing this, but... I think it has something to do with those doors."
Maybe, but... that doesn't explain why they'd be waiting for you DigiDestined. If Digivices are needed, well, apparently one of them
had one of those, until Kari got it for herself. So it can't be the Digivices.
It could be the Crests, maybe, they already had one in storage, and it would explain why the Tags were sent out in the first place. But they also thought that the Crest of Light was destroyed, and you don't know how many they'd need for that kind of thing.
The fact that you're needed, somehow... it's strange. Like you're all just components in some inane ritual.
The bat Digimon leads you all to a large staircase, larger than the one you used before, that seems to sink into the earth itself. "We could have just flown down from those bridges," He admits. "But the Dokugumon nest there, and they're... pretty territorial, even when it doesn't really matter." That
does seem to be your experience with Digital arthropods.
"How many floors are there?" Izzy asks. You can't tell if he's doing it because he's honestly curious, or if he's judging how far he'll have to walk.
It could be both, though. Actually, with him, it's probably both.
"Fifteen floors. Five aboveground, and ten underground." That's a lot more than you'd expect, looking at the castle from the outside. But, well, if most of it's underground.... it almost makes sense. As much as anything in this world can, anyway.
"That's a lot of stairs," Mimi comments. "So... we should get going now, right?"
"Well,
I don't want to cause a holdup," Joe agrees. "I mean, if this actually is important, or anything."
"I'm sure it is!" The bat Digimon insists. "We've been told to do this three times every year for every year I've been here! We wouldn't do that sort of thing with no reason!"
You consider, for a moment, pointing out that everyone is trapped inside of a castle where the only inherently interesting thing is a giant section where there are almost no floors. But you don't want to irritate the one who actually knows where he's going here.
So, instead, you follow him down a set of stairs that are nearly pitch-black.
When you finally come out on the lowest floor, you walk through a hallway leading to an expansive room with a giant set of double doors in the very back. Looking up, you see the ceiling flicker, revealing darkness above.
This must be the bottom of the abyss.
Your friends are already here, as well as a fairly-large gathering of Digimon. You assume that any Digimon not currently present was on one of the upper floors when the announcement was made.
There's no sign of Myotismon anywhere. Given that he was the one who
announced this whole thing, you wonder why he hasn't arrived yet. The message was, after all, for all those that weren't Bakemon.
Either way, you probably shouldn't worry about that too much. There's probably some time before...
whatever is going on... really happens.
And, well, you might be able to figure this out better if you talk to someone else. Or actually look around for clues. Something that's not standing around and staring at everything.
[ ] Talk to...
-[ ] Tai.
-[ ] Kari.
-[ ] Matt and TK.
-[ ] Koemon.
-[ ] Gotsumon.
-[ ] An odd Digimon with a pumpkin for a head.
-[ ] A Digimon wearing a blue wizard's hat.
[ ] Inspect...
-[ ] The doors.
-[ ] There's an odd altar in the center of the room...
