Under City Lights [OPEN]

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The brisk night air nipped at Edward's exposed cheeks, turning them a subtle shade of red. As the door to the convenience store closed behind him, Edward slid his wallet into the back right pocket of his shorts while his teeth softly held onto the half opened chocolate bar in his mouth. While not as crowded as Tokyo, the surprisingly active Kyoto nightlife buzzed around him. City lights and signs reflected off hazel orbs all while a sigh escaped from in between lips. " Another night, and again, nothing to do. " His teeth sunk into the soft milk chocolate, leaving a large chunk in his mouth while his left hand removed the rest. Portion control wasn't something Edward was known for practicing, which often lead to moments like this where he vastly underestimated the effort it was going to take to chew something like this down into a swallow-able state.

" Can we go back to that arcade and crush more competition? I liked it there; and just what the heck is this again? " Said the voice belonging to the miniature purple dragon at his side. The Monodramon emerged from behind Edward, fumbling with the same type of chocolate bar that his tamer was currently eating. The digimon's claws were making it difficult to expertly remove the wrapping that covered the piece of candy. With a slightly frustrated look and cheeks full of chocolate, Edward glanced downwards towards his partner. " I to'd ya mmmMm, its choc-mmMm-choco'ate. Just eat-mMmmm-it, its gewd. " Barely comprehensible, but somehow the digimon got the gist of it.

Finally fully annoyed with the outer wrapping, Monodramon simply took a large bite out of the bar with those sharp teeth, wrapper and all, as his tamer had instructed him to do. The dragon's eyes instantly lit up as he marveled at the unique flavor that was overwhelming his mouth at the moment. Edward, however, was fall less amused. Choking on the small piece of chocolate that was still in his mouth, and immediately spitting it out afterward, Edward turned towards his digimon while simultaneously throwing his hands up into the air in protest. " Just what the hell do you think you're doing!? You can't eat it like that! You're not supposed to eat the wrapper you dumb lizard! "

Instantly swallowing the chocolate (and wrapper) whole, the mini dragon began to get angry at the fact that his tamer was now yelling at him for no reason, again. " What do you mean? That was amazing! And don't call me a lizard! I can eat it however I want and you can't do nothing about it, wimp! " Monodramon snarled in return. The faces of the two continued to gradually get closer as both of their anger slowly intensified with neither side seemingly planning on backing down. The crowd, other than a few awkward stares, seemingly continued their lives and routines around them, making sure to associate themselves with this situation as little as possible.

Yup, just another night. Another typical night for this dynamic duo, a pair still trying work out their kinks and smooth out a relationship. And while neither would admit it, they were happy they had found each other. Deep down inside, despite any insecurities, they both knew that somewhere, at some point, that they were destined for greatness.

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She paused in her steps once more, as the ebony digimon in front of her stopped in his own tracks, head turning as if he were looking both ways before crossing the street…if they were crossing a street that is. As was, the duo was currently just taking a nighttime walk around Kyoto, on the sidewalk without any plans to cross the street. "Miles, will ye stop daein’ ‘at!" the brunette hissed, irritation clear in both her tone and brogue, which was always more prominent with certain emotions – in this case, annoyance. The PawnChessmon stopped in his tracks once more, his head turned towards the irate eighteen year old. She loved her partner, really, she did, but sometimes he was just too much. This was one of those times. The black digimon was currently walking in front of her, making her stop every so often as he waved his spear around as if to check for threats. Considering she hadn’t all day, Gwen was a bit irked by her partner’s behavior. Besides, it wasn’t as if she needed or wanted protection; something she found herself reminding the ebony digimon every once in a while. Especially as it had seemed to have gotten worse after the whole Baalmon incident. "But, Milady--!" Miles attempted to argue, even as Gwen just stormed past her partner in her little fit on anger. It could not be said that Gwen didn’t have a temper. "Aam a big lassie, A can tak’ caur ay myself," she snapped, turning on to narrow her dual colored eyes at her partner. Even before she turned, she could hear the telltale, light ’clink’ sound his footsteps made as Miles hurried to catch up with her longer strides. She knew he worried about her – hell, she had been threatened outright by Baalmon, so she felt slightly guilty at snapping at Miles, but she couldn’t help it. It was one of the few things that they clashed on – Miles seemed to be the coddling type and she did not need nor did she want to be coddled. "But, Milady was threatened and--" Gwen sighed, stopping in her tracks to glance down at the ebony digimon. "A know yoo’re woriat, but ye dornt need tae protect me aw th’ time, Miles." she stated, running a hand through her short hair in frustration. Dual colored eyes focused on her partner as she gave him a grin, "Aam a big lassie, efter aw." she repeated. In one hand, he held his spear and in the other, the shield but Gwen thought that if he wasn’t, then maybe he would have crossed his arms in his dissatisfaction. "If that is Milady’s wish." Miles stated, though he made no move to lower his spear nor put his shield on his back, as it usually was when unused. Gwen rolled her eyes, but grinned nonetheless. It was the best she would get for now. In true Gwen fashion, she nearly tripped over a raised portion of the sidewalk, managing to only stumble forward before catching herself. Luckily, no one was around to see that embarrassing moment, ignoring the fact that she tended to trip often as she was more clumsy and klutzy than not. As if their previous argument had never happened, Miles walked forward by her side, in case she tripped once more; just so he could be used to help keep her balance. Just like he always did. The PawnChessmon was always so eager to be helpful to his independent and headstrong partner, however she needed him. As she turned the corner, she was met with a different sight. A tamer and digimon, face to face in what appeared to be an argument. She paused in her steps, dual colored eyes taking in the scene before she nearly tripped once more. This time, however, she managed to use Miles to help straighten herself out. Said digimon, however, also saw the scene, "A threat!" he stated, spear raised in the direction of the arguing tamer and his partner before he charged forward, determined. All Miles saw was an angered digimon – the last time there was an angered digimon, said digimon (Baalmon) threatened the lady Gwen with his sword – and so was determined to keep said angry digimon away from his tamer. Gwen rolled her eyes, even as she hurried after her partner, who had made his way towards the purple dragonoid digimon. "Didne A teel ye tae knock it aff?" she stated, poking the ebony digimon on the forehead before he could actually attack, as if to scold him. Turning towards the other tamer and his partner, Gwen gave a sheepish smile, "Aam sorry, abit heem. We didne mean tae, uh, bortha ye." she apologized, dual colored eyes flickering from the dragonoid digimon to the tamer.

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aiki had never had to concern himself about the state of his family's cubbords until this egg had entered the picture - hatched, to be more precise. It could bounce, hum, bubble, suck his face, sleep, and eat. And out of all of them, eating was what it did most. Since Taiki normally ate like a bird, tablescraps were no more than a small snack to the white, floppy garbage disposal that insisted on following him like a lost puppy.

Taiki gritted his teeth at the realization that he would have to return this digimon to its owner, whoever that was, and whenever they showed up. But the Poyomon's mouth didn't stray from the clump of ramen noodles. And no one seemed to care that Taiki appeared to be shoving handful after handful of noodles into his jacket.

Up ahead, a girl with a black digimon, and a boy with a black digimon. It appeared he was the odd man out, his was white - and much, much smaller. In this day and age, everyone knew what digimon were, but he'd never bothered to pay attention to how it worked. He sucked in his breath, gathering courage, and marched forwards towards the pair. Each step reminded him how he'd rather run and hide. Both trainers had one digimon. Since he'd seen a boy once with two digimon, he'd always assumed anyone could have as many as they wanted. Or, at least, as many as their wallet allowed, given their necessity of constant eating.

"Uhm, excuse me ma'am, sir. Are either of you missing a digi-", his voice cut off abruptly as he turned to look into his jacket, now filled with something more than just a baby digimon, and smelly, too. He blushed, afraid to move.

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Arguments between these two never lasted long, and usually ended in awkward silence until they were both forced to interact with each other, afterwards things went back to normal as if nothing ever happened. What came off as dysfunction, was simply the way two stubborn hotheads expressed their comfortability with each other. Knowing that the other would never truly judge the other for the stupid things they said, they were allowed to say these stupid things, and have these superficial arguments. Edward liked to refer to their partnership as a 'functional dysfunction, and he really didn't want it any other way. However, luckily for these two, they did not have to go through that awkward phase at the end of their fight. The dragon and tamer both noticed and watched as the armor clad digimon charged their way with conviction. " Is ... is he coming this way? " Edward said in a sidemouthed whisper towards his digimon.

Fortunately for everyone, the PawnChessmon's tamer was quick on her toes, halting the digimon's advance before apologizing. Slightly embarrassed at the fact that these two might have caught Monodramon and himself bickering like children, Edward's right hand rose to scratch the back of his head, more as a nervous quirk than for an actual itch. " Haha, it's no problem! We were just kind of-- " Just then, his hazel eyes met hers, immediately losing his train of thought and becoming dazed at their colors. " Heterochromia... " He whispered, as if he had forgotten she was actually standing there.

While Edward often came off as kind of absent minded, he actually had an incredible attention to detail. He had a way of subconsciously analyzing everyone he met to learn as much as he could about them and their personalities. He often attributed this habit to his insatiable curiosity and fascination with the human psyche, but in his vast insightfulness, he couldn't help but question if it was actually a defense mechanism manifested to cope with his own insecurity. Perhaps the reason why he was so adamant on learning how people ticked, yet making sure to give no one the keys into his own mind was a way he kept himself safe, a way he kept the power. Manipulation and misdirection always came natural to him, although he never really gave it much thought ... but I digress. I guess that's a story for another time.

...Oh right, eyes. Edward stood there staring at [Gwen] for what he felt like was forever, unable to jump back onto that train of thought he previously had. What could have been a really embarrassing and potentially creepy moment was luckily interrupted by a young boy. The sudden appearing of [Taiki] was enough to snap Edward out of his trance and refocus his sight onto the boy, rather than the female tamer. Before the young boy could even finish his question, a certain smell arose, one easily recognizable. " Uhhh... " Not really sure what to do, his eyes darted back and forth from the boy to the girl, hoping that somehow this resolved itself magically. His left hand removed itself from scratching the back of the black beanie that hugged his head, and instead placed it into his shorts pocket, brushing against the D-3 digivice currently stationed there. Monodramon, however, was now in the background waving away the air around his face while pacing side to side in a minor panic.

This was definitely an eventful moment. Someone somewhere apparently decided to quell his boredom by making him Mr. Popular for the time being. And while the moment seemed to be a sharp turn into the disgusting, Edward was somewhat relieved at the social interaction, however short it may end up being.

TAG: @guinevere ; @taiki

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Before she knew it, her cheeks pinked with a light blush, as the tamer seemed to lose his train of thought, instead focusing on the fact that, yes, she did have heterochromia. "Uh, aye, " her dual colored eyes flickered towards the dragonoid digimon with him, before returning to the tamer, who had yet to say anything else. "It is heterochromia…" Usually a confident girl, Gwen fidgeted slightly, not knowing how to deal with the situation now. Sure, people took note of her dual colored eyes – after all, how many other people had two different colored eyes? – but none of them so blatantly as the tamer before her had. She wasn’t ashamed of it, on the contrary, Gwen rather liked her heterochromia as it made her different, unique. Aside of the blatancy, not many knew what heterochromia was…well, to be fair, they probably did know what it was, but didn’t know the term. The ebony digimon, huffed, seemingly puffing out his chest as his focus was on the tamer, who he thought was making his lady Gwen uncomfortable. Before the PawnChessmon could say anything, however, another tamer had come up to them, a question on the tip of his lips before he too, cut himself off. This time, though, it hadn’t anything to do with Gwen’s dual colored eyes, but instead due to the smell that seemed to suddenly permeate the air. Miles, the PawnChessmon, tensed, his focus switching from Edward to the newcomer, Taiki. Though unseen, his expression was suspicious as he knew humans were trained well above such incidences. It seemed to knock the brunette out of his thoughts, or perhaps trance, which Gwen was slightly thankful for. Confident she may be, but what did one do when someone else just suddenly seemed to trail off into a trance after looking at your eyes? Lucky for the newcomer, Miles hadn’t missed the fact that he apparently had something in his pocket, if his glance was anything to go by. However, unfortunately, the ebony digimon was never really all that tactful, "You might want to teach your partner that it is improper, to do…that." he couldn’t say it, not in front of his lady Gwen, so just motioned to the pocket with the hand that didn’t hold his spear. Gwen nearly smacked her forehead at Miles’ forwardness, but nevertheless, flashed the boy a smile as she saw the apparent mortification. "Ye must hae a mighty wee partner if they coods fit in yer pocket like ‘at." she stated casually. She thought he might have been a new tamer, as she just had that feeling from him, but hey, she didn’t know their history so she couldn’t really judge. "Milady, perhaps it is best to search for a facility for the tamer to use," Miles suggested, from his spot beside Gwen. "Reit! Okay, hoo abit we look fur one ‘en?" she stated with a shrug and a glance at the dark haired tamer, as if to say he had final say as it was his digimon. "Aam Gwen, by th’ way." she introduced herself, to both tamers with a smile. "I am called Miles." the ebony digimon introduced himself with a slight bow, which had Gwen rolling her eyes at his formal antics.

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oyomon was unable to talk as a baby digimon, but it had shown a liking for humming and began a very peculiar tune. Taiki watched the young man and young lady grow awkward, shy, and quiet. Oh. He knew this look. It was the look that two people made before they decided to ask the stork for a ...

...first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a ..., the digimon's wordless humming was now recognizable from Poyomon's happy musical inside Taiki's jacket. Poyomon must have picked it up from Taiki's adventures on the playground.

The Pawnchessmon interrupted the silence, and the young woman trainer helped to ease over a glazing of comfort onto their awkward-cake-bake.

"Oh, he's not mine...", Taiki started to explain. He fumbled in his pocket and removed a D-1 digivide. "I found it and this egg so I'm trying to find its owner. ", it was hard for him to explain his personal insecurities, but still he tried.

"I'm Taiki!", he responded at the appropriate moment for name exchanges.

"Yeah!", he was exuberant at the Gwen's suggestion of finding a bathing facility. "There's a water fountain!", he ran over to it, set the Poyomon inside the water basin, stripped off his soiled jacket, and then paused as he looked at his dirtied shirt. He felt the need to take it off to clean it, but there were ladies present.

"Could you ... ah... maybe stand in back of me?", Taiki asked the young man with the dragon digimon, hoping that Edward would block Gwen's view. Not that Gwen would be interested in a ten year old's chest, but Taiki had more modesty ingrained in him than was convenient.

 Edward O'Conner, @guinevere

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At this point, Edward found himself trying to figure out how he always ended up in ridiculous situations like this. What had started off as your normal uneventful night, had somehow found it's way to poop, no wait, digimon poop. On top of it, it seemed like he was being roped into helping two strangers deal with it. Not that he was against helping people, he was just a bit overwhelmed by everything happening all at once, and unsure what to do. So instead, he simply stood quiet and allowed the two to introduce themselves and make a plan in order to deal with Taiki's little situation, hopefully without himself in the equation.

"Could you ... ah... maybe stand in back of me?"

Annnd there it was. Now they were a trio. A trio brought together by the bonds of digipoop. Not one to disappoint a child, Edward did as he was asked, and positioned himself the best he could between the boy and the rest of the crowd which included Gwen. Lowering his head to allowed his left hand to rub his forehead, Edward shifted his weight over to his left leg. " Right. So...before you put your dirty clothes in a water fountain where people drink, let's come up with a new plan here. " Untying the red sweater that was wrapped around his waist, he held it back towards Taiki. " Let's just go ahead and throw that stuff out, and you can wear this for now. It'll be big on you, but it's better than being wet and cold. "

As much as he'd like to kind of let all this pass, so he could move on and not deal with all this, he couldn't just let this kid wash his soiled clothes in a water fountain on the streets. " Just make sure you don't get this dirty, too. " A hint of sarcasm, as usual, but Edward's intentions were genuine. As lazy as he tended to be, he was never able to ignore his inner desire to help people.

During all of this, Monodramon continued to stand in his original spot, yawning and growing slightly impatient. He was happy that his tamer had decided to try and do something useful, but it didn't help that fact that he was bored and was hoping for a bit more excitement this night. The two were usually wrapped up in some kind of fight, whether it was beating challengers in an arcade, or fighting off bad digimon that happened to show themselves within the walls. However lately, they've been in a dry spell and it was really starting to take it's toll on Monodramon.

TAG: @guinevere ; @taiki

note, sorry for the wait. weekends are sometimes rough for me, and I don't really get the time to post.