First Guard shift (Griff)

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Melina sighed as the bell signaled the end of class for the day. She stood and picked up her bag, wincing slightly at the tightness of the wrap around her torso. 

"Hey, Mel, you were on the news recap last night!" one girl said, walking over. "I remember seeing the broadcast of the fight with that digimon. Where's the little dragon that was with you?"

"He prefers hanging out outside," she explained. "It's too boring for Dracomon in here. And he's too distracting anyway." 

"I didn't know you were a Tamer!"

"I wasn't," she said with a sigh. "Not until last month." She threw her bag over her shoulder, making sure not to make any sudden moves, and started walking toward the door. She left the classroom, leaving the other girls in her class dreaming about having digimon of their own. Melina rolled her eyes as she left the building, finding Dracomon waiting outside the front door. "C'mon, we've got guard duty," she said, walking past him. He fell into step about a foot behind her. 

That fight with Baalmon had left her in the hospital for a few days, but she hadn't had any of her really valuable items on her that day. Her cell phone was an older model that wasn't really worth much anymore, and she was only fourteen after all. Like he'd expected her to have money on her? But thankfully her brother hadn't been hurt. She sighed, but it was a shallow sound. She'd had multiple fractured ribs, but only one or two completely broken, so she felt like she'd gotten lucky. And Dracomon hadn't been hurt too bad either. They'd both gotten off lucky against an enemy as strong as Baalmon.

She swiped her subway card and both Tamer and Digimon stepped onto the train. Not many people went toward the wall anymore. It'd been different when people were still coming through. Family members would go to the wall all the time to meet other family members. But now, people only went to the wall if they had to. 

She looked at the message on her phone. "We're supposed to meet a guy named Griff when we get to the wall," she told Dracomon. "He's the... Head of the Guard, apparently. Seems he's here on inspections or something, and he's one of the only ones who knows the whole story about the Baalmon incident. Including my inability to do much physical activity until my ribs heal." She put her phone back into her bag. "I hope he doesn't mind that I'm coming straight from school, but that's what auntie said to do..." She sighed and leaned back against the seat, relaxing a bit before she had to start working again. 

The train came to a stop about fourty minutes later at the Wall station. Melina and Dracomon were the only ones getting off, and no one else was on the platform. Except for one man standing by the stairs. 

"Do you think that's him?" Dracomon asked.

"The message didn't say he'd pick us up here, so I doubt it. It's not like we're that far from where we need to be anyway," she reminded him. Just then, her phone went off. It was her aunt texting her.

I asked him to meet you at the subway station, since you are still injured. You don't need to get into fights with broken ribs.

Mel sighed and walked up to the man. "Are you Mr. Griff?" she asked, her tone polite but cold at the same time. "I'm Melina Ishigami, and this is Dracomon."

[Griffin Caerwyn]

I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress Truth be told, Griffin wasn't entirely used to cars... or at least being in the back seat of one, chauffeured around. But there were times that his father stressed professionalism and making an impression, something which Griffin didn't always agree with... but there was no arguing with the man, especially not when he pressed something so adamantly. After a conversation cut short that was supposed to be a debate with none other than a demand from the man, Griffin found himself crawling into the car, black in color with tinted windows - your classic image of a government car, complete with chauffeur and what couldn't be better described than a butler. Looking at his phone once more, reading over the to-do list he tried to keep updated, Griff found his mind wandering a little. There wasn't much information shared with the woman he spoke to, so he wasn't entirely sure what to expect - all he knew was the fact that he was to be meeting a young lady and her digimon, a new recruit to the wall guard to speak with her and show her around. Didn't seem too difficult, though, he had to admit, he had been overjoyed when he found the time of meeting was later in the day and not in the morning. Sure, he could get up when necessary, but he was also not much of a morning person... at least not when it comes to interacting with other people - he hadn't been since the passing of his mother. "This is a little strange, don't you think...?" The Kudamon spoke, peeking out from under his tamer's scarf before crawling from his jacket to take his usual spot around the boy's neck. "Strange?" He responded, eyes not once leaving his phone, navigating from page to page with little interest in what his partner had to say. "Yes, strange." Tali repeated, huffing at his tamer's reaction and the lack of response he was given. With his ears laying back, he continued none the less, a hint of agitation entering his tone, "We're going to a meeting where we're only meeting one tamer... isn't it generally more?" "One, many... I guess it doesn't matter. At this point, we need everyone we can get. When a meeting is arranged, we go." With that, Griff finally looked to the kudamon, smirking at the annoyed expression on his tiny face before finishing with a simply stated "Don't question it." With time, the car came to a stop, pulled off to the side of the road next to the train station, the butler moving from the passenger's seat with a comment that he'd return with the guest and left without another word. Griffin had to admit, he felt butterflies in his stomach, a small nervous feeling ebbing away at his heart as time passed. He never was too good with first impressions... but he'd have to give this a shot... at least there was no snow to be pushed into by a certain ferret this time. -- Watching as the train rolled to a stop, the butler straightened himself, waiting for the few people to leave the train, his eyes darting from person to person as he inspected them... and only one had a digimon partner. Not jumping to conclusions, he waited for the girl to find him and greeted her with a small smile. "Miss Melina, Dracomon." He gave her a small bow, urging her to follow him as he turned, continuing to talk as he began to walk, "I am not Griffin, but I will take you to him if you follow me." Spending the rest of the walk in silence, he led Melina through the doors of the station and outside, coming to a stop next to the car he stepped out from not too long ago and opened the back door with another polite bow and a motion of his hand as a silent 'please, get in'. "Your meeting will start in here, Miss." handful of anger held in my chest

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Melina nodded and followed the man outside, Dracomon at her heels. There was only the one car, a black one with tinted windows so she couldn't see the man inside. Though she could tell by Dracomon's change in behavior that there was a Digimon on board. She put one hand on his head and gave him a look, but with a small smile. He nodded.

"Thank you sir," Mel said when the man opened the door. She bowed politely and stepped into the car, making sure her skirt was folded neatly underneath her. She scooted over, allowing Dracomon to get in as well. She reached for the seatbelt, pulling it down and buckling it, then helped her partner do the same. Dracomon's claws didn't work well for grabbing small things after all. Only then did she finally turn to the man in the back seat with her.

"Good afternoon," she told him. "I'm Melina Ishigami, and this is my partner Dracomon." She dipped her head politely, though there wasn't much emotion in her voice. She winced and put a hand to her side.

"You alright?" Dracomon asked, concerned.

"I'm fine," she muttered, brushing him off. "It's just pain at this point, and that much I can deal with." She relaxed back into the seat, her bag on the floor by her legs. "Oh, sorry... I've got a few broken ribs." She didn't need to tell him the story if he already knew. Though she still wanted to get that Baalmon back one day, if she could. After figuring out how to get Dracomon to digivolve, of course. But Digivolving wasn't an easy thing to do. Three Rookies had taken Baalmon on and they still hadn't been enough to beat him...

Well, Melina just had to pay attention to this man, listen as he described the duties that came with being part of the Guard... Hopefully she wouldn't be here too long before she was allowed to go home and finish her homework.

[Griffin Caerwyn]

I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress Much to the Kudamon's pleasure, the pair weren't left alone long in the car, the digimon beginning to feel restless, even more so as his tamer's attention was stuck to his phone. Griffin didn't make for good company or entertainment when he was distracted... and he hadn't bothered to look at the screen, knowing well the mass of words that stretched the length of the screen wouldn't interest him. As the door opened, Griffin looked up from the device and, with a careful eye, watched the girl slide into the car, her partner following shortly behind. As he looked her up and down as if evaluating her for the job, his partner did the same before looking to Griffin and back once more, tilting his head with a small snort. "She looks a little young, doesn't she...?" Taliesin piped up, curling around Griffin's neck a little as if hiding away as best he could, but not even that would hide him from the glare he'd receive from his tamer. "Tali, let's not be rude. Besides, you know well what others think of myself." Griffin nearly growled, urging the ferret like creature to apologize with a nudge, to which he received a nod and a small 'sorry' was uttered. Looking back to the girl, Griff sighed - just when he thought that, perhaps, he'd be able to do some form of socializing, or at least a first impression, well... his digimon, once again, throws that down the drain. "Melina," He began once more after a few moments of silence, a small smile crawling across his lips, "Griffin Caerwyn... but you probably already knew that." What he didn't expect, however... well, was there really anything he expected in the first place? Other than he was meeting a female? Even he had to admit that he didn't expect someone so young... but once more, he reminded himself that they needed everyone they could get - and age had nothing to do with power and desires. If this girl really did have the desire to help guard the walls and fight off rogue digimon, who was he to turn her away? Everyone had a reason, after all. Not only that, but Griffin knew first hand that looks meant nothing. There were a fair number of people in the group who thought he was much younger than twenty-four... and not cut out for the position he had. But there was a reason why he was here. Regardless, he wasn't expecting for her to come to him injured - he'd heard the story, yes... but, as it were, the one who had shared the story had seemed to forget to mention she still had yet to recover - and he rose an eyebrow as she winced in pain. "Tell me..." He began, keeping a gentle tone, yet it dripped with curiosity, "You know this job will have you fighting digimon stronger than the one you encountered before. It could have you venturing past the walls, placing both you and your partner in danger to save the lives of people you'll never even meet. So... Why is it you're here? Are you prepared for what's to come?" It was a simple question, but her answer would come to settle something for him... and for her. handful of anger held in my chest

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"I may be young, but that doesn't mean I can't do the things the other guards can," Mel snapped at the ferret. She glared at him, saying nothing else. At least, until she heard the man ask her that question. She had her hands together in her lap, and she looked down at them, amber eyes dark with sadness and pain.

"When Millenniummon took over the tv, I didn't really understand what was going on," she admitted. "I was nine at the time, my brother was only four. At the time, it was just a thing that might come to affect us one day... See, we used to live in a small town in the Hokkaido area before we moved in with our aunt here in Tokyo. About a year after that, a Drimogimon caused an earthquake that did a lot of damage..." She closed her eyes, trying to fight off the images that began to swim in her vision. "My mother was killed when the house collapsed on her... I want to make sure that others don't have to know what that feels like." She looked at him, determination flaring in her eyes. "I'm young, yeah, so most adults won't take me seriously, but this much I can do!"