drexal15
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It's an upgrade flat out, though not nearly as much as say evolving to an actual Ultimate.
Much like a champion going armor it's very much a diagonal step forward in power rather than a straight one.
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Much like a champion going armor it's very much a diagonal step forward in power rather than a straight one.
I meant in the case of going from an ice rookie straight to IceDevimon, would the result be of equal strength to a normal Devimon, or would it still have the same potential as an IceDevimon who evolved from a Devimon?
drexal15
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Hmm... I may regret saying this later, but I'd say that it would most likely have around similar hard caps.
Thankfully I doubt its going to be relevant unless we slide evolve into an ice based rookie or adapt one and even then in the case of later we'd be more interested in making sure they growth up mentally healthy and stronk.
Also looking at how long he was a Rookie Verge is just going to be the eternal late bloomer isn't he?
.... great now a part of me wonders how age and evolution level correlate when it comes to maturity in this.
drexal15
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Age is a factor in evolution time, since bodies do actually mature. It takes about a week from hatching to hit In-Training. Two more weeks to hit rookie, and about a month after that to champion. Ultimate normally takes another couple months after that.
So Ardat would be considered fairly young for an Ultimate while Beat and Sparks are still a good while away before their bodies will be mature enough to take that next step. Verge is going to need to spend a fair amount of time as a champion. Probably not as much OOC time as he did as a rookie, because his extended caps essentially made him a pseudo champion.
I imagine another big thing slowing down Verge was that he was substantially weaker than anything that would give him a big boost so far a loading was concerned, which meant that unlike other mon he faced he was going to spend a lot more of that data on healing... I mean even looking at how fast and often Verge does it now compared even with the new limitations on it he still gets the chance.... even with just flat out icing those two wolves and later the fight against the Growlmon.
Speaking of that fight, I imagine the reason the murder dino went for us was because we happened to be the biggest thing in the room at that moment?
I imagine Heavens Gate is a good example of Hax not being related to stats... I mean that thing is basically an instant kill if your unlocked enough to be sucked in... I mean sure it's probably not going to work on things thats to huge to actually fit in the gate but the habit of some lines to get more humaniod actually backfires when dealing with the specific attack.
Isn't Beat already at or near his hard caps? What happens in the theoretical situation of "hard capped Champion with an immature body loads a powerful Ultimate while feeling strong emotions"?
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I don't understand. If IceDevimon is superior in all other cases, why would it be equal to Devimon in this specific case?
I'm pretty sure he hasn't hit any caps yet. He's "about to start reaching his limits as a champion" or something along those lines. That sounds more like some of his stats are close to their soft caps.
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I'm getting the impression that elemental champion variants are basically a diagonal grade in that:
-The additional complexity demanded by the elemental variant means its harder to evolve into. As in, a Rookie DemiDevimon would find it difficult to become an IceDevimon because they'd need to cap a bunch of stats to get there as a Rookie, i.e. most of them would just become regular Devimon first, then Slide because the evolution boost put them there. Thats why they have a bigger stat cap.
-Because a lot of them get there by growing up in an unusually harsh environment or by upgrading from an experienced Champion, they have the same situation as Verge's horrible mutant mess: most candidates die before they get there, which means the ones that DO are horrifically badass.
-Elemental variants DO impose penalties. An IceDevimon has bigger stats, but they add fire vulnerabilities on TOP of the regular Devimon weakness to Light(and good luck if an IceDevimon eats a Holy Fire attack for 4x stack weakness)
-The additional complexity demanded by the elemental variant means its harder to evolve into. As in, a Rookie DemiDevimon would find it difficult to become an IceDevimon because they'd need to cap a bunch of stats to get there as a Rookie, i.e. most of them would just become regular Devimon first, then Slide because the evolution boost put them there. Thats why they have a bigger stat cap.
-Because a lot of them get there by growing up in an unusually harsh environment or by upgrading from an experienced Champion, they have the same situation as Verge's horrible mutant mess: most candidates die before they get there, which means the ones that DO are horrifically badass.
-Elemental variants DO impose penalties. An IceDevimon has bigger stats, but they add fire vulnerabilities on TOP of the regular Devimon weakness to Light(and good luck if an IceDevimon eats a Holy Fire attack for 4x stack weakness)
drexal15
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Sorry for not specifying, but I meant as much as a *normal* IceDevimon that slide evolved from a Devimon.
Beat is at his first soft cap in three stats, and is getting close in all the others.
As for your question... Either nothing as the data wouldn't fit in, or the recipient would explode.
Damn, and he went up against Blitzmon and won. It wasn't a clean victory, but he won.
That's impressive when you remember that Agnimon, when freshly evolved, fought an Ultimate and would have triumphed if the Count hadn't interfered.
8th-15th Of Water: Week 1 Locomon Ride, Part 1.
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"It was totally great having you in my Gym. *Oh. Yeah.* Be sure to..." Sparks states flatly, reading from Gorimon's letter. Unlike MasterTyrannomon's gigantic piece of paper which even you could handle without destroying, the gym owner had chosen to record his own message on something much smaller and more fragile. Meaning that instead of looking over the words directly, you're forced to use Sparks as an intermediate source of transition. "By the Ten his writing is awful! Mine eyes cannot make out what this infernal text supposed to say!"
"I see... it's alright then." You counsel. "Just skip to the next line."
"Hrmph. Very well. Spirits above you think a mon his age would... *ahem*. You're welcome for the supplements be sure to use'e- them. Every day. They're from my shop, but the big dino that runs this...joint. Helped foot? Foot the cost. You've got talent kid. One day I hope to see you in the ring instead of on the battlefield. Blegh, mine mind feels tainted by this drivel. " The one-armed Wizardmon glares down at the piece of paper, whispers something and-suddenly the entire thing is engulfed in flame. Your companion gives a self satisfied chuckle, letting the ashes fall to the lightly padded floor.
"Zeha. Thanks Sparks. My apologies for having to ask your assistance."
"Bah, think nothing of it... Ergh. Last bit here, is saying to make sure the prick gets his weights fitted properly."
"Oh... uh, did he?"
"Aye. The-Beat is making use of them. Hrn... the construction is quite sturdy indeed. To think thine own expanded to fit your new form. Perhaps It would be prudent to investigate such objects."
"Investigating them? Like, what does that mean?"
"Heh, just finding the cause behind such interesting properties. Nothing to concern thine head."
"... right." You pause, looking back down at the box full of supplement packs. Which was quite the expensive sum.
At three hundred bits per back, the entirety of fourty would make the total package worth twelve thousand bits. That is... quite a lot. Did I truly make that big of an impression upon them?
You're not exactly sure why the two digimon were willing to lend you such an expensive sum worth of materials, but... nonethless it's something you are quite grateful for. The body strengtheners will be vastly useful on your path, especially the coming days.
The Locomon car you're occupying is something you would have found large as a rookie, standing twenty-four point six-five feet high. It leaves you a good several feet of headroom, but you don't exactly have room to jump. Unfortunately the compartment's sides are significantly less expansive, barely wider than your shoulders. Meaning you really won't be able to turn fast least you accidentally bang into the walls. Thankfully, at the least the section's length is enough that you can fully lay down with room to spare.
Hmm. These have to be long enough to contain Tyranomon and other champions of the like. Which means taking their tails into account.
After shaking your head at the accommodations, you look towards Sparks once more.
"My thanks for your assistance in these matters my uh...-" Your red eye trails down to the war-gauntlets strapped to the end your forelimbs. "-body is not suited to handling this sort of thing anymore."
"It is mine pleasure to assist thine endeavors Verge." The cripple replies happily with a sweeping bow. "Heh, in fact how about we-"
*Growl*
Both of blink at the odd sound, emanating from the Wizardmon, who takes a sudden step back in embarrassment.
"Ah. Mine stomach is... I made the decision to forgo lunch to make sure you were settling in this place."
Ah. That explains it.
"Then go and eat. Our paths will cross later tonight then."
"Heh, yeah. Seeya then." Sparks waves, turning over to the exit. Your compartment is at the very back of the various connected Locomon cars, behind even those dedicated to storage. Not that you can travel the length of them anyway. Your body is just too broad to fit through the passages, connecting each section. While your containment does open up enough to let larger mon inside, it does so by lowering an entire wall. Trying that while the Locomon is tugging everything forward at such high speeds would be disastrous.
With that your close friend is gone, leaving you alone to dwell over two quite horrible matters.
Grip. You'd left the last of your wards on the same day that his brothers had gone to visit Arena city. Instead of spending the next days comforting him, you'd taken HolyAngemon up on his offer to help besiege Phelesmon's fortress and now...
I won't be able to visit him for... it might be months. I-I failed him. Maybe... Hmm. When I get the chance I'll, send a letter. Apologize. While our paths may be distant, they need naught be totally separate.
The crushing feeling of failure weighs heavily on your core, almost similar to the way some of your more crushing thoughts had worked as a rookie. Though the Demi-Dokugumon isn't the only subject of your thoughts. Fu, or rather what was left of your friend was there at the orphanage as well. At first you'd managed to connect but, upon digivolving to Gryzmon the Bakemon had been too terrified of you to so much as interact. And you'd been too worried about her fear to try and force the issue of interaction. What's more, you have no idea how to handle the situation with her now.
I'm, well. I'm really scary now aren't I? These claws, fangs, my scar... My strength it came at a cost. Focus Verge. So be it. Your path is set. No hesitation, no dwelling on regrets. Worrying over such things are pointless. Continue on the road without looking back.
"Umm." Ardat's hesitant voice calls out from the main entrance to your temporary domocile "Hey there.-Servant."
That switch again...
"We have deigned to honor you with-we mean. Will you study Frigimon's book with us?-Of course you will, he should be glad to help his master."
Master?... no. Not you. Focus. In order to study I require deft hands. Ardat can provide those, plus it's helping her! Helping. Her...
It's difficult not to glare at the fallen angel type digimon, but you manage to hide the offended look by closing your remaining eye.
"Yes. I will provide help in this matter Ardat." you state almost-coldly. The red-garbed LadyDevimon unleashes a beaming grin at your reply that causes warmth to sprout from your core and flaps her wings once to soar over. A familiar weight settles upon your shoulders a moment later as the Ultimate splays herself out on top of you.
"Nihihi! You make the Peeeerfect bed, servant.-N-not that we only like you for your fluffiness!-Yes your abilities as a warrior are quite astounding for a champion. we think upon rising to power we shall deign to-let's umm, start now okay?"
"O..kay?"
"Great! We've studied the first pages already, but there's a lot more in Frigimon's manual. The secrets of her knowledge are still locked behind the barrier of time, effort and understanding! Come and let us see to it that the umm...-the secret to vertical slide evolution.-Yes that! We shall brave the dangers of this adventure and finds the treasure that lays at the end!"
... right.
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Authors Note: This is part one of four. I'm going to try and get the other three parts by the end of tomorrow.
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Holy moly.... with how much the white text hates her Verge really is going to be the Tsundere in Ardat's story isn't he?
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Well, at least she's trying to not be oppressive.
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Either that or Verge just commenting on her personality switching again. He doesn't really acknowledge it often, though, so I could see it going either way.
On an unrelated note, even if White Text is pretty abrasive itself, at least it somewhat counters Ardat's influence. That's something to be glad for, I guess. I do wonder how far that goes with other infections, though. Would it be possible to have so many conflicting influences that they basically just cancel each other out?
Best case, free power boost. Worst case, perpetual seizure. Seems like a safe bet to me!
drexal15
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@justinkal once again, thanks.
As for the colours clashing... kekekeke. I'll leave that as a secret.
Hmm. To clear something up, the text isn't true white. It's Bold. A minute difference/difference but an important one given the context.Either that or Verge just commenting on her personality switching again. He doesn't really acknowledge it often, though, so I could see it going either way.
On an unrelated note, even if White Text is pretty abrasive itself, at least it somewhat counters Ardat's influence. That's something to be glad for, I guess. I do wonder how far that goes with other infections, though. Would it be possible to have so many conflicting influences that they basically just cancel each other out?
Best case, free power boost. Worst case, perpetual seizure. Seems like a safe bet to me!
As for the colours clashing... kekekeke. I'll leave that as a secret.
No it's switch. I used the term because Verge noticed the different manners of speaking.
Hehehe. Only if Verge decides to really follow the bold text's path while shunning the light purple text, and even then.... But beyond that very specific circumstance of *kind of*, no. Verge is too friendly for that kind of thing.
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It seems kind of like the bold text is slowly getting weaker. After Verge digivolved, it would appear every time the "mind control" text did, and now it only appears a little over half the time. Spending a lot of time with her for a whole week while confined in a train... that's probably gonna both hugely accelerate the control and bludgeon the bold text into submission.
Something else I've noticed is that the "power" text and the "mind control" text appear to have merged together and become the same thing. Very interesting...
And I definitely don't think the voices "cancelling each other out" is a good thing. It's definitely degrading Verge's mental state over time. It's also making Verge's feelings towards Ardat become this toxic mix of disgust and adoration. Even if it slows down the mind control in the short term, in the long term it could lead to Verge trying to be controlling and emotionally abusive. "I love you, but I hate everything you are", essentially. So really, the bold text getting weaker is good.
Something else I've noticed is that the "power" text and the "mind control" text appear to have merged together and become the same thing. Very interesting...
And I definitely don't think the voices "cancelling each other out" is a good thing. It's definitely degrading Verge's mental state over time. It's also making Verge's feelings towards Ardat become this toxic mix of disgust and adoration. Even if it slows down the mind control in the short term, in the long term it could lead to Verge trying to be controlling and emotionally abusive. "I love you, but I hate everything you are", essentially. So really, the bold text getting weaker is good.
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8th-15th Of Water: Week 1 Locomon Ride, Part 2
drexal15
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Napping. It was something you'd done frequently while in your Baby and In-Training states. After all, at those stages your body had contained only a trickle of energy. Even your early days as a rookie had contained frequent sleeps. Though that had all changed after Shamanmon's forces showed up. Later on as you'd grown larger, sleeping during the day for the most part fell off. Partly because of your increased stamina, but the real cause was your constant nightmares. Reliving what Repulsa had done to you and Agnimon every time you drifted off. Sometimes HolyAngemon wouldn't arrive in time and she'd come for you. Other times it's watching motionlessly as Count took your family and Gramps was burnt to cinders.
But now, as a Gryzmon, the habit has returned in force and with it, the nightmares. Of course, you can better handle the twisted memories now; no longer do they cause you to wake up screaming, ready to fight or cower. The pain while unpleasant is in the end, a necessary part of your life. The wrath, the desire for power, your most influential drive to become stronger stemmed from those traumatic events. As a champion you've been able to make peace with it all, the visions a simple part of your path that must be lived with.
Though the rare occasions where less foul dreams occur, or simple darkness greeted you are still very much welcome.
However as unconsciousness swallows your mind this time, it's not the familiar scene of the village or even that place. Rather there's something... comforting. Stemming from the presence on your back it drives away the oppressive flashes of events, leaving you warm and reassured. It's so welcoming and just letting it overtake you would be so...
Wrong.
Cold Metal. Painful yet protective. The example to strive for.
The Great Tree. Honor. Duty. Loyalty. Your appointed station.
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*Cough*
A loud sound reverberates through the compartment, ripping away sleep and all the turmoil that comes with it. Your eye snaps open to zone in on cause, but instead of danger find Beat standing in front of the entrance, one curled set of fists in front of his face.
"Wha!-" The LadyDevimon on your back flinches awake, "Oh-oh Beat! We were just umm...-utilizing our servant.-What? No we-."
"Stop." your ally takes a step forward, his eyes focused not on the former Witchmon, but rather on your own crimson orb.
His body is tense. Uncomfortable... does he seek to battle me in such a confined space? With this terrain he could use my size to his advantage.
"I will speak with Verge." The Stingmon continues. "Alone."
"The gall, do you think that we'd simply leave because-"
"Yes."
"Nihihi! Then little assassin you've thought-"
"Supper ends in five minutes."
"-right! We have to leave! The howling pit of destruction must be vanquished! Bye Verge!-We will be seeing you once more servant."
... just ignore it Verge.
"Goodbye." There's a flash of red as the dark digimon flies past Beat and you're left alone with the humanoid champion. You rise up onto all fours and examine the tense insect digimon, ready to raise an arm if he tries for another *spar*. "Beat, are you here to fight?"
"I..." he takes a deep breath, fists clenching hard enough for the spikes on his forearms to slide free. However after a second they retract and the Stingmon slowly shakes his head. "No. I have come for. For." Another breath. You can't help but notice the odd behavior.
Is he alright?
"Discussion."
"Discussion?"
"Yes."
"I see."
"..."
"..."
"What matter do you intend to discuss?"
"Our... alliance. We are comrades."
"Indeed we are." you nod, showing the short-spoken mon a grin. "I have not forgotten my oath. When the time comes we'll defeat Blitzmon." The idea of a two against one battle isn't exactly ideal, but the promise made is more important.
This is the first time he's approached me like this since evolving. Did something change?
"Thank you." He nods, but there's a clear tone of frustration in his voice. "Now..."
"Do you want to like..."
Aha! I've got it Verge!
"We may not spar, but this space is large enough for modified kata. Would you join me in this training?"
"... yes."
You rise up onto your hind-legs, being careful not to bump the car's sides and raise up your war-gauntlets. Beat takes a stance by your legs, his head barely coming up to the lower part of your thigh. With such a narrow space you're forced to focus purely on simple advancing and retreating moves instead of adding in turns or any other movements that would lead to hitting the sides. Thankfully after a few minor mishaps, you manage to get a decent flow down, practicing some rather basic movements.
Like before, what matters most is control and technique. Speed, power both are secondary to this exercise. Beat's presence in the set of movements is a sort of unexpected boon, as he joins your movements halfway into the session. The Stingmon intentionally places himself in sync with your own steps, albeit in an airbone capacity. Advancing as you retreat, and vice versa. While you focus on attacking, he focuses on avoidance, matching your pace as he twists, bends and otherwise avoids your painfully slow attacks. In turn this encourages you to have even tighter control.
Despite the lack of verbal communication, the near sparring which results from your mutual practicing is actually pretty enjoyable. Though the Stingmon is not able to stay the full four hours required for a true session, and makes it clear that he has other matters to attend to.
"Beat."
"Yes?"
"Would you consent to making this a daily ritual?"
"I would." you give the champion one final nod, a gesture he returns before exiting the car.
We didn't talk much but... that's the most time our paths have truly crossed since meeting. Perhaps, this could be the beginning of actual friendship.
===Authors Note: Okay, this gets the first days stuff out of the way. This was most of the really in depth stuff. So I might actually be able to get this all done tonight! Still got 888 words left of outline left to expand though.
But now, as a Gryzmon, the habit has returned in force and with it, the nightmares. Of course, you can better handle the twisted memories now; no longer do they cause you to wake up screaming, ready to fight or cower. The pain while unpleasant is in the end, a necessary part of your life. The wrath, the desire for power, your most influential drive to become stronger stemmed from those traumatic events. As a champion you've been able to make peace with it all, the visions a simple part of your path that must be lived with.
Though the rare occasions where less foul dreams occur, or simple darkness greeted you are still very much welcome.
However as unconsciousness swallows your mind this time, it's not the familiar scene of the village or even that place. Rather there's something... comforting. Stemming from the presence on your back it drives away the oppressive flashes of events, leaving you warm and reassured. It's so welcoming and just letting it overtake you would be so...
Wrong.
Cold Metal. Painful yet protective. The example to strive for.
The Great Tree. Honor. Duty. Loyalty. Your appointed station.
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*Cough*
A loud sound reverberates through the compartment, ripping away sleep and all the turmoil that comes with it. Your eye snaps open to zone in on cause, but instead of danger find Beat standing in front of the entrance, one curled set of fists in front of his face.
"Wha!-" The LadyDevimon on your back flinches awake, "Oh-oh Beat! We were just umm...-utilizing our servant.-What? No we-."
"Stop." your ally takes a step forward, his eyes focused not on the former Witchmon, but rather on your own crimson orb.
His body is tense. Uncomfortable... does he seek to battle me in such a confined space? With this terrain he could use my size to his advantage.
"I will speak with Verge." The Stingmon continues. "Alone."
"The gall, do you think that we'd simply leave because-"
"Yes."
"Nihihi! Then little assassin you've thought-"
"Supper ends in five minutes."
"-right! We have to leave! The howling pit of destruction must be vanquished! Bye Verge!-We will be seeing you once more servant."
... just ignore it Verge.
"Goodbye." There's a flash of red as the dark digimon flies past Beat and you're left alone with the humanoid champion. You rise up onto all fours and examine the tense insect digimon, ready to raise an arm if he tries for another *spar*. "Beat, are you here to fight?"
"I..." he takes a deep breath, fists clenching hard enough for the spikes on his forearms to slide free. However after a second they retract and the Stingmon slowly shakes his head. "No. I have come for. For." Another breath. You can't help but notice the odd behavior.
Is he alright?
"Discussion."
"Discussion?"
"Yes."
"I see."
"..."
"..."
"What matter do you intend to discuss?"
"Our... alliance. We are comrades."
"Indeed we are." you nod, showing the short-spoken mon a grin. "I have not forgotten my oath. When the time comes we'll defeat Blitzmon." The idea of a two against one battle isn't exactly ideal, but the promise made is more important.
This is the first time he's approached me like this since evolving. Did something change?
"Thank you." He nods, but there's a clear tone of frustration in his voice. "Now..."
"Do you want to like..."
Aha! I've got it Verge!
"We may not spar, but this space is large enough for modified kata. Would you join me in this training?"
"... yes."
You rise up onto your hind-legs, being careful not to bump the car's sides and raise up your war-gauntlets. Beat takes a stance by your legs, his head barely coming up to the lower part of your thigh. With such a narrow space you're forced to focus purely on simple advancing and retreating moves instead of adding in turns or any other movements that would lead to hitting the sides. Thankfully after a few minor mishaps, you manage to get a decent flow down, practicing some rather basic movements.
Like before, what matters most is control and technique. Speed, power both are secondary to this exercise. Beat's presence in the set of movements is a sort of unexpected boon, as he joins your movements halfway into the session. The Stingmon intentionally places himself in sync with your own steps, albeit in an airbone capacity. Advancing as you retreat, and vice versa. While you focus on attacking, he focuses on avoidance, matching your pace as he twists, bends and otherwise avoids your painfully slow attacks. In turn this encourages you to have even tighter control.
Despite the lack of verbal communication, the near sparring which results from your mutual practicing is actually pretty enjoyable. Though the Stingmon is not able to stay the full four hours required for a true session, and makes it clear that he has other matters to attend to.
"Beat."
"Yes?"
"Would you consent to making this a daily ritual?"
"I would." you give the champion one final nod, a gesture he returns before exiting the car.
We didn't talk much but... that's the most time our paths have truly crossed since meeting. Perhaps, this could be the beginning of actual friendship.
===Authors Note: Okay, this gets the first days stuff out of the way. This was most of the really in depth stuff. So I might actually be able to get this all done tonight! Still got 888 words left of outline left to expand though.
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Keep digging Ardat.
Just gotta know the right levers!
We still haven't finished the second healing spell, right? I want to get that done soon. Higher priority than slide evolve IMO.
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Got to say that scene with Beat and Verge was great @drexal15. As it does a lot with very little, yet it shows strong examples of personal growth for Beat, acceptance between him and Verge for who they are and how they are both bring different things to such a relationship. Since words are not needed, just the understanding of intent through action and the open support and acceptance of ones friends.
Really makes me feel like we are seeing the beginnings of a strong bond of camaraderie and trust being formed between the two.
Really makes me feel like we are seeing the beginnings of a strong bond of camaraderie and trust being formed between the two.
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Hrm. The other voices are getting much blunter and louder now, but it doesn't feel like they're getting stronger; it feels like death throes. Like a last-ditch attempt by Verge's subconscious and Yggdrasil's influence to completely reject Ardat's power with all of their might. That or Yggdrasil's influence is encroading further and further into Verge's mind to keep fighting off Ardat's. I really don't like either of those possibilities, and I'm starting to rather uncomfortably wonder how much of Verge's original self remains at all, between the multiple foreign presences in his mind and the unusually strong past-life echoes strongly synchronizing with his champion form's instincts.
The bit with Beat was fun. It's good that they're both getting some skill training out of it. Fighting skill is the most important thing for Beat since he constantly and willingly challenges enemies above his weight class. Especially since, as he gets closer to Verge, he may branch out his desire to get strong into another desire to keep up with Verge and be a valuable ally to him. I think that if Verge was the one to defeat Blitzmon in the end and he was unable to do such a thing against Count, he'd feel inadequate and guilty. Thankfully, genre convention assures that, through a series of coincidences, Verge won't steal such a thing from Beat or participate at all in the final battle between him and Blitzmon despite the promise the two made(one which Beat seems to regret somewhat).
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Though Verge's mental compulsion is massively increasing from its already substantial level, I will still hold fast in shipping Verge x Wolfmon. You can't write a fight that flirty in a work with a sausage-fest cast and not expect this outcome, Drex! 
The bit with Beat was fun. It's good that they're both getting some skill training out of it. Fighting skill is the most important thing for Beat since he constantly and willingly challenges enemies above his weight class. Especially since, as he gets closer to Verge, he may branch out his desire to get strong into another desire to keep up with Verge and be a valuable ally to him. I think that if Verge was the one to defeat Blitzmon in the end and he was unable to do such a thing against Count, he'd feel inadequate and guilty. Thankfully, genre convention assures that, through a series of coincidences, Verge won't steal such a thing from Beat or participate at all in the final battle between him and Blitzmon despite the promise the two made(one which Beat seems to regret somewhat).
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Though Verge's mental compulsion is massively increasing from its already substantial level, I will still hold fast in shipping Verge x Wolfmon
. You can't write a fight that flirty in a work with a sausage-fest cast and not expect this outcome, Drex!
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8th-15th Of Water: Week 1 Locomon Ride, Part 3
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You despise not being able to train properly on this trip. All offense to your personal sense as a martial artist aside, the borderline slothful behavior feels like a betrayal of your deceased friends and kidnapped family. Gaining more power won't bring Fu back from her awful state, or bring Gramps and Flamemon back to life. However every step on the path up leads you closer towards avenging those wrongs.
Even the pastime of studying and mediation fail to quell the tension slowly rising in your body as the days crawl by. You never realized just how boring spending day after day trapped in such a small space could be, but it's become a very real problem. One day you'll be faster than the Locomon and be able to traverse land without their assistance and thus this horrid boredom. Though that is likely not to happen anytime soon.
Between the small bit of kata circuits with Beat along with the supplements given to you by Gorimon and the Mayor, progress is being made. Albeit only at what you feel to be a crawling pace. To make matters worse, the caravan of compartments do actually have workout facilities for champions, meaning Pit, Sparks and Beat are all able to keep on training like normal.
Finding jealousy in your allies privilege's is a very tempting thing, but you endeavor to avoid such emotions. The simple fact is that you're too large to access the facility, and even if you could, most of the equipment wouldn't be able to support your size. In the end, there's nothing they or you for that matter can do about it. This handicap is something you'll have to live with due to your path, so there's no point in wasting time being frustrated about it.
Plus it's not like your days are spent totally alone. Far from it.
Sparks is not exactly the constant presence by your side, like even a week before, but he still makes a few hours of time to visit you every day and help with something. The sudden gap between you is a little worrying, but at the same time also something that's not strictly bad even if it brings a certain sense of loneliness. You're glad that the one-armed champion is getting more independent. If something happens to cause your deletion, then he needs to be able to carry on for vengeance in your place.
When he does pop in, the magic-using champion is quite happy to help you finish off the last bit of studying required to cast the last of Sorcerymon's gifted spells. Though you're able to pick out something interesting as the days continue. Namely, that despite his species, the two of you actually have rather similar levels of mental talent when it comes to this particular spell. Perhaps in the wider sense of this particular joint school of high programming as well, but you'd need additional programs of this nature to know for certain.
Sparks prodigious status in regards to the other fields such as the elemental subjects of fire and electricity, doesn't seem to fully extend here to holy/healing. The Wizardmon is still much faster anything you could manage as a Drimogemon, but as a Gryzmon... well you've gotten oddly better at learning this field of High Programming. Praying to the deity Pit venerates isn't exactly either of your forte, but your ability to understand the healing portion of things has skyrocketed.
The entire thing makes you wonder if learning these lines of coding technically makes you a member of Pit's religion which leads to another line of uneasiness. You're a bit put off by HolyAngemon and some of the more overt zealotry put on display, but they are fighting the Gloaming. Plus if SlashAngemon and if Pegasusmon were any indication the Blessed Hosts religion can bring about a lot of good. So long as you don't get on their bad side. Something that hopefully won't be a problem.
But that topic brings up yet another line of thought. Neither you, nor Sparks actually know much about the Sefirot organization itself. According to your friend, Gramps had planned to give him more instruction on the subject after they traveled to Electown but… Count and his servants had put a stop to that.
With your conscription and all the training he hasn't been able to find out much of anything, if only due to lack of time. He does admit to being interested in finding out more, but all of that is secondary to taking out Count and his servants.
=
The days continue to pass, falling into a steady schedule of sleeping, meditation and social interaction. Within the first few days you manage to finally cast the more powerful healing spell and while you haven't exactly tested it on any injuries yet, the fact that energy isn't leaking out means it should be quite potent. Sparks on the other paw is unable to finish the entire thing, so settles for copying the coding into his own grimoire for independent study later. Knowing that you finally have a capable healing spell once more is a rather relieving thing. After evolving to Gryzmon your pool of internal energy and it's quality had improved so much that the lesser one had become a massive waste of power. What's more it wouldn't do much actual healing to your allies now that they've improved so much. So you're happy about the new one, even if it means have to pray to some foreign figure for aid.
Your practice Katas with Beat continue along once per day, and over the week you feel like you're starting to get a real handle on his self control. It's not perfect, not yet anyways, but give it another couple weeks and you should be able to restrain yourself in spars without much worry.
Overall you really don't get to interact with Pit that much. Not that the lack of contact is from some sort of malicious intent on his part, but HolyAngemon has been personally tutoring your angelic friend now that he's officially an officer. That fact worries you a little, but the likelihood of something bad coming out of it is small. HolyAngemon while... not a mon you like, isn't the same as Count or the now deceased Phelesmon. The holy Ultimate is firmly on the side of good.
Naturally the mon whom you spend the most time with during the week is Ardat. And all of said time is extremely pleasant. You feel like you've grown closer with the mutant LadyDevimon, which makes sense considering that the two of you have spent nearly thirty hours and twenty-six minutes together. Now you can say with certainty that you like the wommon instead of it just be the obligations of friendship and oaths. Spending time with her is great and it's something you find yourself liking more and more.
The way her laughs ring through the air no longer seem so creepy, if anything the haunting sounds are more... beautiful than anything else. In fact you feel lucky to be able to hear them at all. Despite being a LadyDevimon and thus the same species as her, Ardat's body is... not so unpleasent to gaze upon. Really the red-garbed Ultimate hardly reminds you of Repulsa anymore. And her presence on your back, the safety and comfort she brings to your naps. It's all so pleasing that you really want it to continue forever. Though part of you does protest at the fact that she's using you like a glorified bed.
Not that you stare at her for long lengths of time or anything. You don't notice the way her her raven hair flows majestically when moving or how her curves-
-anyway. Your oath, the drive to protect la-Ardat has only grown stronger, feeling almost like the urge inside your core has redoubled in intensity. And with it... something else.
It's hard to get a read on exactly what's occurring given that the change is taking place internally, but as a Gryzmon you're more in tune with your physical body than ever. Your internal energy is... changing somehow, altering through the contact and... perhaps even growing more powerful. Thinking about the matter always sets off alarm bells in your mind, as a part of it screams in disgust. Not that you understand why. How could anything gained by getting closer to Ardat be a bad thing?
Your studying together has also gone rather well. While the subject of slide evolution isn't the exact same as High Programming the basic points are similar enough for a grounding of the subject to occur quickly. According to frigimon's manual a digimon's base code isn't made from 0's and 1's like the lines in Sorcery. But rather living beings such as digimon run on trinary type coding, i.e. zero, one and two. It's only a small difference at the base level, but it allows for far more complex designs to function.
Ardat is really good at learning this type of theory for some reason. From where you're standing it almost seems as if her new form took away her aptitude for magic and replaced it with this new field.
Now, the process of slide evolution isn't quite an exact science that can simply be taught en-masse. Rather the manual explains that the process is drastically different from mon to mon depending on their current and previous forms. It requires not only a basic understanding of oneself but a certain amount of instinct to guide oneself back to their previous form. Which is luckily enough, something you've gained in spades upon evolving to Gryzmon.
You haven't quite reached the point of slide evolution yet, but you're close. In just another few days of intense studying with the lovely Ardat you should be able to manage it. From there it will just be a matter of practice through trail and error as continue practicing the skill.
The subject of your protection on the other paw...
=Takes place on the seventh day:
"Yes, yes, yes! We've got it!" Ardat shouts in triumph, leaping off your shoulder with one arm held high in victory. "Watch this Verge!-Yes servant this will be spectacular!-We'll become a Witchmon again! Then it'll all be back and we'll be so cool!" The LadyDevimon drops her manual to the padded floor, spins around once in place and flashes you a breathtaking smile.
"Congratulations, my la-, Ardat! I knew you'd be able to learn it quickly!"
"Why of course we did! We're going to be this world's leading lady! Master of all and the fairest of all lands! AHa!!"
The giggle sends a rush down your body. You're not sure whether or not the shaking is from happiness or the odd sense of wrong.
"Now watch as we attain mastery over our body!" The wommon's sparkling lavender eyes close, her clawed hand clenches tightly and Ardat's chest swells with an intake of breath.
Seconds pass with the compartments jostling being only sound being heard.
And then, her body begins to glow white. Your eye widens in wonder as her entire body begins to shine, transitioning into the malleable form of data-a blinding flash of purple pours out from her core searing your gaze with solid pain.
Erk, that! What is that?!
"Wh-what?" Your eye flashes open up in curiosity, then widen in surprise. Standing in front of you is...
A LadyDevimon garbed in crimson clothing.
It didn't work?
"That was-we weren't ready! Let's try again!-We won't let simple failure deter us."
Something else is going on here.
Taking a deep breath, you shut your eye once more. A sinking feeling in your core tells you what's about to happen.
"N-no. We-we can't fail here!"
Frustration.
"Work! Darnit work!"
Anger.
"Again!"
Fear.
"A-again!"
Desperation.
"Come on, please... don't-don't do this to us. We-we tried so hard."
Realization.
"Just-just one more time..." You hear the sobs, coming as she begins to break down.
It's not going to work for her. Not now.
There's only one option, you step forward and wrap an arm around the dark digimon's body muffling her crying with your thick fur. There's pain as she returns the gesture, cracking bone and bruising muscle. But you bear with it silently.
"It doesn't work. Why? Why can't we..."
You stay silent, fulfilling your role to comfort her. Hearing and seeing her so sad is an awful experience, for now you'll do your very to bring the Lady comfort.
=== Choose One:
[][Studying Week 2] Hasten Burst: 0/12
[][Studying Week 2] Muscle Burst: 0/12
[][Studying Week 2] Slide Evolution: (If chosen again, will complete first level of Vertical Slide Evolution Training )
[][Studying Week 2] The Science Of Grappling: (Raises Grappling to 24) (Can only be taken once)
=Social Plan: Most interaction to least interaction.
[]
-[]
--[]
---[]
Four characters available:
Sparks
Ardat
Beat
Pit
Example:
=
Stat/Skill Increases:
Training:
Special: 123.75
Spirit: 90
Food:
Strength: 7
Endurance: 5.5
Special: 5.5
Spirit: 4
Supplements:
Strength: 31.5
Fortitude: 22.00
Endurance: 16.5
Agility: 16.75
Training: Kata's (Endurance Training) divided by 2
57.50 Endurance,
16.75 Agility
24.5 Strength
Next Tier Healing Spell Revealed: "By The Power of God I Command Thee Healed!"
Slide Evolution (Vertical) : 2/???->16/???
===Authors Note: This was a big set! I hope you all enjoyed it! Yeah big levels of corruption happened with Verge, nearing a certain threshold. Which if reached has its positives and negatives.
Even the pastime of studying and mediation fail to quell the tension slowly rising in your body as the days crawl by. You never realized just how boring spending day after day trapped in such a small space could be, but it's become a very real problem. One day you'll be faster than the Locomon and be able to traverse land without their assistance and thus this horrid boredom. Though that is likely not to happen anytime soon.
Between the small bit of kata circuits with Beat along with the supplements given to you by Gorimon and the Mayor, progress is being made. Albeit only at what you feel to be a crawling pace. To make matters worse, the caravan of compartments do actually have workout facilities for champions, meaning Pit, Sparks and Beat are all able to keep on training like normal.
Finding jealousy in your allies privilege's is a very tempting thing, but you endeavor to avoid such emotions. The simple fact is that you're too large to access the facility, and even if you could, most of the equipment wouldn't be able to support your size. In the end, there's nothing they or you for that matter can do about it. This handicap is something you'll have to live with due to your path, so there's no point in wasting time being frustrated about it.
Plus it's not like your days are spent totally alone. Far from it.
Sparks is not exactly the constant presence by your side, like even a week before, but he still makes a few hours of time to visit you every day and help with something. The sudden gap between you is a little worrying, but at the same time also something that's not strictly bad even if it brings a certain sense of loneliness. You're glad that the one-armed champion is getting more independent. If something happens to cause your deletion, then he needs to be able to carry on for vengeance in your place.
When he does pop in, the magic-using champion is quite happy to help you finish off the last bit of studying required to cast the last of Sorcerymon's gifted spells. Though you're able to pick out something interesting as the days continue. Namely, that despite his species, the two of you actually have rather similar levels of mental talent when it comes to this particular spell. Perhaps in the wider sense of this particular joint school of high programming as well, but you'd need additional programs of this nature to know for certain.
Sparks prodigious status in regards to the other fields such as the elemental subjects of fire and electricity, doesn't seem to fully extend here to holy/healing. The Wizardmon is still much faster anything you could manage as a Drimogemon, but as a Gryzmon... well you've gotten oddly better at learning this field of High Programming. Praying to the deity Pit venerates isn't exactly either of your forte, but your ability to understand the healing portion of things has skyrocketed.
The entire thing makes you wonder if learning these lines of coding technically makes you a member of Pit's religion which leads to another line of uneasiness. You're a bit put off by HolyAngemon and some of the more overt zealotry put on display, but they are fighting the Gloaming. Plus if SlashAngemon and if Pegasusmon were any indication the Blessed Hosts religion can bring about a lot of good. So long as you don't get on their bad side. Something that hopefully won't be a problem.
But that topic brings up yet another line of thought. Neither you, nor Sparks actually know much about the Sefirot organization itself. According to your friend, Gramps had planned to give him more instruction on the subject after they traveled to Electown but… Count and his servants had put a stop to that.
With your conscription and all the training he hasn't been able to find out much of anything, if only due to lack of time. He does admit to being interested in finding out more, but all of that is secondary to taking out Count and his servants.
=
The days continue to pass, falling into a steady schedule of sleeping, meditation and social interaction. Within the first few days you manage to finally cast the more powerful healing spell and while you haven't exactly tested it on any injuries yet, the fact that energy isn't leaking out means it should be quite potent. Sparks on the other paw is unable to finish the entire thing, so settles for copying the coding into his own grimoire for independent study later. Knowing that you finally have a capable healing spell once more is a rather relieving thing. After evolving to Gryzmon your pool of internal energy and it's quality had improved so much that the lesser one had become a massive waste of power. What's more it wouldn't do much actual healing to your allies now that they've improved so much. So you're happy about the new one, even if it means have to pray to some foreign figure for aid.
Your practice Katas with Beat continue along once per day, and over the week you feel like you're starting to get a real handle on his self control. It's not perfect, not yet anyways, but give it another couple weeks and you should be able to restrain yourself in spars without much worry.
Overall you really don't get to interact with Pit that much. Not that the lack of contact is from some sort of malicious intent on his part, but HolyAngemon has been personally tutoring your angelic friend now that he's officially an officer. That fact worries you a little, but the likelihood of something bad coming out of it is small. HolyAngemon while... not a mon you like, isn't the same as Count or the now deceased Phelesmon. The holy Ultimate is firmly on the side of good.
Naturally the mon whom you spend the most time with during the week is Ardat. And all of said time is extremely pleasant. You feel like you've grown closer with the mutant LadyDevimon, which makes sense considering that the two of you have spent nearly thirty hours and twenty-six minutes together. Now you can say with certainty that you like the wommon instead of it just be the obligations of friendship and oaths. Spending time with her is great and it's something you find yourself liking more and more.
The way her laughs ring through the air no longer seem so creepy, if anything the haunting sounds are more... beautiful than anything else. In fact you feel lucky to be able to hear them at all. Despite being a LadyDevimon and thus the same species as her, Ardat's body is... not so unpleasent to gaze upon. Really the red-garbed Ultimate hardly reminds you of Repulsa anymore. And her presence on your back, the safety and comfort she brings to your naps. It's all so pleasing that you really want it to continue forever. Though part of you does protest at the fact that she's using you like a glorified bed.
Not that you stare at her for long lengths of time or anything. You don't notice the way her her raven hair flows majestically when moving or how her curves-
-anyway. Your oath, the drive to protect la-Ardat has only grown stronger, feeling almost like the urge inside your core has redoubled in intensity. And with it... something else.
It's hard to get a read on exactly what's occurring given that the change is taking place internally, but as a Gryzmon you're more in tune with your physical body than ever. Your internal energy is... changing somehow, altering through the contact and... perhaps even growing more powerful. Thinking about the matter always sets off alarm bells in your mind, as a part of it screams in disgust. Not that you understand why. How could anything gained by getting closer to Ardat be a bad thing?
Your studying together has also gone rather well. While the subject of slide evolution isn't the exact same as High Programming the basic points are similar enough for a grounding of the subject to occur quickly. According to frigimon's manual a digimon's base code isn't made from 0's and 1's like the lines in Sorcery. But rather living beings such as digimon run on trinary type coding, i.e. zero, one and two. It's only a small difference at the base level, but it allows for far more complex designs to function.
Ardat is really good at learning this type of theory for some reason. From where you're standing it almost seems as if her new form took away her aptitude for magic and replaced it with this new field.
Now, the process of slide evolution isn't quite an exact science that can simply be taught en-masse. Rather the manual explains that the process is drastically different from mon to mon depending on their current and previous forms. It requires not only a basic understanding of oneself but a certain amount of instinct to guide oneself back to their previous form. Which is luckily enough, something you've gained in spades upon evolving to Gryzmon.
You haven't quite reached the point of slide evolution yet, but you're close. In just another few days of intense studying with the lovely Ardat you should be able to manage it. From there it will just be a matter of practice through trail and error as continue practicing the skill.
The subject of your protection on the other paw...
=Takes place on the seventh day:
"Yes, yes, yes! We've got it!" Ardat shouts in triumph, leaping off your shoulder with one arm held high in victory. "Watch this Verge!-Yes servant this will be spectacular!-We'll become a Witchmon again! Then it'll all be back and we'll be so cool!" The LadyDevimon drops her manual to the padded floor, spins around once in place and flashes you a breathtaking smile.
"Congratulations, my la-, Ardat! I knew you'd be able to learn it quickly!"
"Why of course we did! We're going to be this world's leading lady! Master of all and the fairest of all lands! AHa!!"
The giggle sends a rush down your body. You're not sure whether or not the shaking is from happiness or the odd sense of wrong.
"Now watch as we attain mastery over our body!" The wommon's sparkling lavender eyes close, her clawed hand clenches tightly and Ardat's chest swells with an intake of breath.
Seconds pass with the compartments jostling being only sound being heard.
And then, her body begins to glow white. Your eye widens in wonder as her entire body begins to shine, transitioning into the malleable form of data-a blinding flash of purple pours out from her core searing your gaze with solid pain.
Erk, that! What is that?!
"Wh-what?" Your eye flashes open up in curiosity, then widen in surprise. Standing in front of you is...
A LadyDevimon garbed in crimson clothing.
It didn't work?
"That was-we weren't ready! Let's try again!-We won't let simple failure deter us."
Something else is going on here.
Taking a deep breath, you shut your eye once more. A sinking feeling in your core tells you what's about to happen.
"N-no. We-we can't fail here!"
Frustration.
"Work! Darnit work!"
Anger.
"Again!"
Fear.
"A-again!"
Desperation.
"Come on, please... don't-don't do this to us. We-we tried so hard."
Realization.
"Just-just one more time..." You hear the sobs, coming as she begins to break down.
It's not going to work for her. Not now.
There's only one option, you step forward and wrap an arm around the dark digimon's body muffling her crying with your thick fur. There's pain as she returns the gesture, cracking bone and bruising muscle. But you bear with it silently.
"It doesn't work. Why? Why can't we..."
You stay silent, fulfilling your role to comfort her. Hearing and seeing her so sad is an awful experience, for now you'll do your very to bring the Lady comfort.
=== Choose One:
[][Studying Week 2] Hasten Burst: 0/12
[][Studying Week 2] Muscle Burst: 0/12
[][Studying Week 2] Slide Evolution: (If chosen again, will complete first level of Vertical Slide Evolution Training )
[][Studying Week 2] The Science Of Grappling: (Raises Grappling to 24) (Can only be taken once)
=Social Plan: Most interaction to least interaction.
[]
-[]
--[]
---[]
Four characters available:
Sparks
Ardat
Beat
Pit
Example:
=
Stat/Skill Increases:
Training:
Special: 123.75
Spirit: 90
Food:
Strength: 7
Endurance: 5.5
Special: 5.5
Spirit: 4
Supplements:
Strength: 31.5
Fortitude: 22.00
Endurance: 16.5
Agility: 16.75
Training: Kata's (Endurance Training) divided by 2
57.50 Endurance,
16.75 Agility
24.5 Strength
- Strength: 2559.00->2590.50->2615.00
- Fortitude: 2304.25->2326.25
- Endurance: 1671.25->1687.75->1745.25
- Agility: 1600.75->1617.50->1634.25
- Special: 1873.50->1997.25
- Spirit: 1628.00->1718.00
- General Fighting: 38/100->39/100
- Martial Arts, Maul (Gryzmon) Style: 17/100->19/100
Next Tier Healing Spell Revealed: "By The Power of God I Command Thee Healed!"
Slide Evolution (Vertical) : 2/???->16/???
===Authors Note: This was a big set! I hope you all enjoyed it! Yeah big levels of corruption happened with Verge, nearing a certain threshold. Which if reached has its positives and negatives.