"I'm going for that capsule," Forte says without hesitation.
"...What?" Skullman asks confused after a few seconds of processing those words.
"We risked our lives for that data, it's ours and I'm going to get it," is Forte's simple explanation.
"Bu-but!" Skullman yells, trying to calm the situation.
"Look, your job is just too watch the other Navis, right?" Forte starts explaining calmingly.
"Yes?"
"Then you just need to look as I steal the capsule, just stay on the lookout and warn me when the mercenaries are close, I will do the rest of the job," the cloaked Navi finishes.
"I guess… But I have the feeling that we're abusing of some kind of loophole here," Skullman ends accepting but still has some reservations.
"Nevermind that, where are they anyway? Things may get complicated if I have to go to the UnderNet right now."
Forte hasn't proved himself to the Navis there after all.
"Oh? Yes, it's there, let me send you the direction," a small beep sound later and now Forte knows the place, "and don't worry, Alraumon bribed a lot of Navis so the area around the site is quite desert right now!" Skullman reassures Forte with a big smile.
"...She's really a dangerous Navi, isn't she?" It may sound like a question, but Forte suspects that that's just a fact.
"I have nightmares about her!" The smile is still on the skeleton face, but Forte can feel his terror even from this side of the window.
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"Yeah, yeah that's everything for now," Beck finishes retelling the events that just happened to one of the NetSecurity Navis that are inspecting the place.
After dealing with the sarcophagus Beck sent a message explaining that the situation was under control and a few minutes later some NetSecurity Navis appeared. Beck then started to explain everything while Forte talked with Skullman.
"Well, they will take care of the rest, you're done with your call?" Beck asks Forte as he starts walking towards the frowning Navi.
"Yeah."
"Everything ok? You seem a little…" Beck hesitates a little to finish his sentence.
Forte blinks at him before schooling his face, "Yeah, don't worry about it, it's something I must do alone."
"Oh, ok!" Beck accepts the explanation easily enough.
And then an awkward silence starts forming between the two.
"So… too about the mummy Navis disappearing too, right?" The blue Navis says, trying to break the awkward atmosphere.
"Don't really care," Forte responds.
"Right! Right… the sarcophagus disappearing in the real world is something much more alarming anyway! It's just so crazy, to think it would just turn into dust like that!" Beck tries his best to try to change the subject.
But Forte just nods, his thoughts on his future mission.
"Hey… about the things I say in there, about the reason why I fight… you think you could keep it-" Beck starts muttering, finally saying what he wanted since the beginning but is quickly interrupted by Forte.
"Wanting to be strong for someone else… it's something that I experienced too," he says while looking at the distance, "wanting to prove your worth to others is normal, but," he then turns his eyes towards Beck's, "proving your worth to yourself is even more important," Forte smirks, "and I think you took a big step today when you kicked that coffin's ass."
Beck just stares at Forte for a moment, tears almost forming on his face, he quickly cleans them with his arm and smiles instead, "thanks!"
[Bond Increase!]
[Orchestra System Online!]
[Connection With Beck.exe Detected...]
[Analyzing Data…]
[Dash Program Created!]
[Dash Program Installed!]
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Forte once more returned to the familiar dark landscape that is the UnderNet, cloak over his head he moves silently towards the nearest hill where Skullman is waiting for him. The skeleton Navi is a little distracted though, using a pair of binoculars to see at a group of Navis on the distance.
"They're the SciLabs group?" Forte whispers just as he reaches Skullman's side.
"AH! I mean yeah!" The poor Navi yells before trying to act cool and collected, but the hand over his chest and the heavy breathing kind of ruins it.
Forte just raises an eyebrow at his direction.
"Heh heh, sorry I was too focus on the mission," Skullman says as he scratches the back of his head, "wanna look?" he offers his binoculars to Forte.
He accepts and looks at the direction of the group.
Their numbers are on the small side, just a dozen give or take. Some are patrolling the area in pairs, weapons out and ready for trouble, while others stay near the capsule keeping an eye on it, and a couple seems to be typing something on the capsule's panel.
"Hmmm, hey Forte, I never noticed before but… doesn't looks like the capsule has a certain egg-like shape? It was always like that?" Skullman suddenly asks, a hand stroking his chin.
"Looks the same to me," Forte answers absentmindedly, still scouting the area, "what does matter to you anyway?"
"I'm craving for some omelet since my last visit to DigiFood Plaza."
Forte decides to ignore him and focus on one last Navi that is with the group, this one looks like the leader. He has a dark blue armor with some yellow highlights and some white, a red visor covers his eyes and some blue-ish hair comes out from the back of his helmet.
He looks calm and has a smug smile on his face, for a moment it seems like he looks at Forte's direction, but he quickly goes back to walk around the area.
"So… what are you going to do?" Skullman finally asks.
[] Just go in there guns blazing, get the capsule and leave.
[] Wait until the mercenaries that Alraumon hired enter the site and then use them as a distraction to get the capsule.
[] Attack from afar to attract the attention of some of them away from the main force and then quickly run to the other side of the site and go for the capsule then. (This may scare the Navis near the egg.)
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