Baby Steps [OPEN/MOD]

[Noah Masuno]

He just couldn’t keep the little thing in his room for all eternity. The Digimon was, however, not as small as it was before, it had suffered some type of metamorphosis. Before it was a black seed with no more than two leaves and it’s ability to speak was severely limited, - at the moment it was a Nyokimon. But the little green plant-like monster was quite bigger now, and it had a way more defined personality: Fleur (as she is called) was shy as a violet, but Noah found this quite cute. The pink-haired boy was hugging the little creature, which had a t-shirt covering her whole body as a way of hiding, as he walked through the forest. Well, Fleur was a plant right? Therefore this was like her natural habitat or something so it sounded like a good idea to bring her somewhere she could relate to. He wasn’t prepared to show her to the world just yet, besides most other Tamers showcased Digimon that were quite bigger than his own, most of them were at-least Toddler sized. But Fleur was smaller than any human baby, and even acted like a baby too. “W-Where are we?” the small plant asked, which took Noah by surprise as the small creature would barely ever speak first. She had this thing in which others had to talk to her first or she wouldn’t talk at all, she was just too shy. “This is the Akigahara Forest, is full of flowers, so I was thinking you might like it better than just digging those holes in the garden” he said giggling a bit as he remembered the scene of the small creature full of dirt and hiding inside of the soil, and camouflaging to look like a fern. He placed the baby down, taking off the shirt that he had placed over her body. She was now able to look around…, but the only thing she did was to give a few steps back and hiding between his feet. “C’mon Fleur! Let’s explore!” he said as he tried to make her do something. tags: <3 words count: 300 out of character: <3   Fleur - In-training  MADE BY LILO OF GS

[Hailey Pershing]

This life isn't good enough; how many
hundreds of years have I lived until now?
But no matter what, I can try again
with the Life Reset Button.

'Crimson blooms, crimson blooms,
Your beauty captivates me,
But why, oh why, do you come
When your petals are poison?

I adore you, my precious ruby,
And I always will, I assure you,
But please, oh please, do not prick
Me upon your razor thorns.

I can promise you, my crimson flower,
I cannot sate your appetite with my wrists.'

Hailey withdrew her pen from the paper, reviewing the scribble she'd just written in the notebook with a critical eye, though she didn't have very long before she had a black dinosaur-like creature peeking over her shoulder, trying to read the words. Silently, she tilted the notebook so that he could read it better, and she was surprised to watch his tail flick out of the very corner of her eye. "It's really good, Hail," the BlackGuilmon stated, resting his muzzle against her shoulder. "You should really enter a contest and get them published."

She flushed a little and shut the notebook, tucking it away. "Don't be ridiculous," she murmured, sighing. "I'm no good. It's a distraction, a hobby at best." Ducking slightly to get out from underneath him, she got to her feet, brushing the dirt off of her shorts and starting to roam through the shade of the trees, quite comfortable with her surroundings despite - or perhaps because of - its reputation for suicides.

Blackout trailed after her, the Rookie's little ears perked up. "Well I still think that you're good," he mumbled, though he obediently dropped the subject as they made their way through the trees, she with her hands shoved in her pockets and thinking the way she always did when she came here. They were making a fair amount of noise, but if Hailey was concerned, she certainly didn't show it.

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Hope you don't mind me dropping Hail here in on you, I love playing her, and I had muse, and I figured she'd be better company than Izzy would plus she has champion unlocked, so she's a good defense for Digis

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"Life Reset Button" by Gumi Megpoid

[Noah Masuno]

Most would agree that the surrounds were too dangerous for a young man and his baby flower reptile, but Noah hardly knew the dangers the forest could present. This was a fairly weird thing on him as he usually saw the most pessimistic outcome out of any situation. For example, in any common occurrence he would have already pictured million of skyscraper-sized Digimon attacking them and killing his fragile body while returning his newborn partner into her Digitama state. Yes, he was quite too pessimistic for his own good sometimes. The pink-haired boy sat down looking at the plants around. He wondered what his own Digimon would look like once she had grown a bit more. It seemed like the former where always growing and changing. It was awesome to think about the possibilities; maybe she would turn into a beautiful flower- or a more beautiful plant than she already was. She couldn’t say she wasn’t a cutie pie. Fleur had her own plans, while a little shy violet and usually scared- she was dumbfounded by the environment. She felt in sync with the plants and trees, she looked at every single plant and flower. The little bud didn’t notice she had walked a bit too far from her Tamer. Still so, she was just some meters away, but for a baby that was almost as if she was lost. Then suddenly, she tripped on her own two feet with an small branch covered in fungi and moss. She let out a loud-ish (or at least for her) “yelp” and busted into tears. This called the attention of the distracted male, who quickly came to his Digimon’s aid. That’s when he spotted the stranger, who seemingly had a Digimon two. It was way bigger than his own and it looked more like a dragon instead of a plant. He needed to know how to properly take care of a Digimon…and who better than a former Tamer to tell him how. He found it a drag, but he knew he had to call their attention and introduce himself. “Hey!” he shouted, waving his hands to call their attention. They were, however quite close so maybe he didn’t really need to do the waving thing. “My name is Noah Masuno. I see you’ve got a Digimon too?” he said while pointing to his plant-like Digimon who was now recovering from the crying in his arms. tags: Hailey Pershing words count: 300+ out of character: <3 thanks for joining. Fleur- In-Training MADE BY LILO OF GS

[Hailey Pershing]

This life isn't good enough; how many
hundreds of years have I lived until now?
But no matter what, I can try again
with the Life Reset Button.

To anyone else, the sounds of the forest around them would have been intimidating, a threat and a warning all in one. But Hailey, who often visited the domain of the trees, took no notice of them, well aware of which were true danger sounds and which were merely the inhabitants of the forest breathing. She moved easily between the trees, one hand lazily trailing along the bark with a disinterested look in her green eyes, and Blackout followed, his claws gouging little marks on the logs when they would have to clamber up over them, the Rookie giving her a push up first before he would scramble after her, making full use of his claws.

The sound of a voice startled her a little, and she would have overbalanced off of the log she was standing on if Blackout hadn't reared up and grasped the back of her jacket in his teeth, yanking her steady again. She yanked her sleeves down further, a habit firmly ingrained even if she hadn't done anything self-destructive in a week, though she watched as Blackout clambered up over the log before making a little cry and trying to dart to the boy and Digimon in front of them. "Blackout, no!" she cried, throwing her arms around the BlackGuilmon. "Leave them alone!"

She yanked him back, much like she used to an overexcited Oreo back on the ranch, and sat him down on his behind on the log, frowning at him a little. "No," she instructed firmly, then turned around, chewing at her lip. "Yeah... I'm Hailey. Hailey Pershing, and this is Blackout." She was speaking in Japanese, haltingly and with a few pauses, though it was quite understandable given the fact that her name, and heritage, were obviously American.

The BlackGuilmon could have easily translated far better, but he was well in his role as an idiot, so he headbutted her back, doing his best impression of a sulking child in timeout that was trying to escape even as he tried sliding out of her line of sight. Not that he thought Noah or the Digimon were remotely a threat, but well... you never knew for sure, and he didn't want to risk anything, especially considering that Hailey was in one of her better phases right now, and he didn't want to risk her relapsing.

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You're welcome, I'm just glad that Hailey's muse is easy to find. All I have to do is put on some Gumi songs and I can bang something out with her. c:

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"Life Reset Button" by Gumi Megpoid

[Noah Masuno]

Introducing himself sounded like a good idea second ago but when the big reptile-like creature was seemingly startled by his voice, Noah’s cheeky smile simply dropped. He took a couple step backs in fear, he was scared of the creature and there was nothing he, or Fleur, could do against it. He almost fell back as he detracted from the creature, but the dragon was simply held back by a green-haired female. She cried out for him to stop and ultimately was able to stop its rampage. She introduced herself, her name was obviously American in origin , and her Japanese was a bit paused. He quickly understood it would be better to speak in English, he had been speaking in Japanese all of these time and it was probably difficult to understand for her and maybe the communication would be smoother. “I know how to speak English don’t worry. I’m originally American, I came to live here when I was younger, but yeah… I just got my Digimon, a day ago!” He said with a reassuring smile, also hoping the small plant could speak English too, which seemingly was the case, as it didn’t show signs of not understanding. “Your Digimon is quite….big.” he said eyeing the dragon up and down, it looked quite powerful too, not like Fleur who was just too cute to cause harm. “Your name… is the same as my sister’s, ain’t that weird? Haha” he said, trying to break the ice a bit- probably sounding really awkward…as always. The little Tanemon in his arms had stopped crying and was cleaning the remaining tears with her small paws, looking scared and full of curiosity to the other Digimon. tags: Hailey Pershing words count: 0000 out of character:   fleur- in-training MADE BY LILO OF GS

[Hailey Pershing]

This life isn't good enough; how many
hundreds of years have I lived until now?
But no matter what, I can try again
with the Life Reset Button.

Hailey let out a soft sigh of relief when she heard Noah say that he spoke English. "I moved here about a month ago," she stated. "I found Blackout here shortly after that. Or, I guess you could say he found me." She shoved her hands into her pockets. "And he's not really," she murmured, thinking back to when she was younger, when the enormous Digimon had saved her from being crushed by the collapsing building. "He's actually just the right size for me. Same size as Oreo was back home."

Blackout's tail flicked softly. He had heard her mention the incident, once, while she was mumbling in her sleep - a rare occurrence, but one that would occasionally happen when she was particularly restless in her dreams. Wanting to maintain that aura of a lovable idiot, however, he whined and tried to nudge Hailey's hands out of her pockets as though he was looking for a treat.

"Blackout, no," she scolded, batting him away with a hand, pushing his face away and then getting distracted by the statement. "A-ah," she murmured, glancing away as a thought of her own siblings - the twins who her mother had taken and driven away with right out of her life. "Well, Hailey is a pretty common name, so I'm not surprised." She shrugged. "After all, it's a small world, right?"

She really didn't want to think about her past. Not her siblings, not her mother... none of it. Her nails subtly dug into her skin, a warning that her Rookie didn't miss and tried to hide a little by moving so that his body was between the sight and Noah. It was all her fault that her mother had left her dad and her while taking the twins. All her fault.

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*finally heaves self off of fat lazy butt to reply to this after having it drafted for a few days since lazy and getting sick*

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"Life Reset Button" by Gumi Megpoid