memerunion | TDM #1 - "Welcome to the Digital World"

I'll become a happy butterfly, and ride on the glittering wind
I'll come to see you soon
It's best to forget the unnecessary things
There's no more time to be fooling around...

[ Prompt #1 ]
[ "Welcome Tamers" ]

So, you've answered "yes" to the question asking you if you want to save the world. You've gone through the Digital Gate. You've been greeted by Sunflowmon and Nanomon, and told about Tamer Union and the fact that you're to be partnered to a Digimon. What's next?

As it turns out? Ain't no party like a Digimon party because a Digimon party don't stop, and this Digimon party is the biggest and brightest that's been seen in Access City in quite some time! Finally, the Tamer Union is reborn! All these new Tamers and their brand new Digimon are gathered together here in the hopes of bringing peace to the Digital World once more. And what better way to welcome them with a party?

The streets are lined with streamers and festive blinking bits of circuit boards. Multicolored transistors glow softly, lighting the way for revelers who might not yet have a sense of the layout of the town. But hey, if one wishes to step off the beaten path to explore a little more, they're not going to stop you. They all lead to an open area in Access Park, where the main thrust of the party can be found. There’s music being played all night, which might either be new to you, or might be familiar; Tamer Union’s database has samples from across the multiverse, it turns out!

That’s not all, because all of of Access City is now open to new arrivals, from Omekamon’s Arcade to Club Zeal. What’s that? Oh yes, every single establishment in the city will be open all night. It’s a citywide party, after all. Don’t have any BITS? Every single shop is willing to waive their fees… within reason, that is. No one’s going to let you empty out an entire place of business after all.

It’s not all fun and games, though. This is your chance for you and your Digimon partner to meet and get to know one another. Maybe they zero in on you during the party. Maybe the two of you have already found one another. Either way, a night like this may set a precedent for how the two of you you will get on for the future.

[ Prompt #2 ]
[ "Refreshing Refreshments?" ]

No party would be complete without food and drink, and this one's no exception. Access City has gone all out and brought in the widely renowned digital chef, Ebidramon, the proprietor of Ebidramon's Eatery, a restaurant that can be found deep within nearby Bitrot Swamp. Digimon come from far and wide to sample Ebidramon's cuisine, but today, the cuisine has been brought to you!

Ebidramon's palate is said to have ascended beyond human comprehension, and so some of the available foods might not be to everyone's tastes. There's sausage and jellybean pizza and banana and anchovy sliders. There are potato chips and a mysterious "Digital Dip," which the more adventurous among the new arrivals may be able to discover is a delectable blending of marshmallow fluff and caviar. Cookies of all kinds are available as well, ranging from benign chocolate chip to chocolate sandwich cookies with a variety of fun fillings like espresso and buffalo wing. There are asparagus-clam smoothies and a wide selection of the finest sodas and fruit juices available from all across the island. What’s more, some of the strange fruits from Material Jungle have been brought in—the kinds that might leave you turning purple, coughing up polka dots, or making you really energetic all of a sudden.

There's something for everyone, and you can eat as much as you want! This stuff isn't going to keep as leftovers.

[ Prompt #3 ]
[ "They're Throwing What?!" ]

It's the next day. The party has come and gone, and all that's left of it is stuff to be cleaned up. But hey, that's a job for civil servants right? Though they won't say no to anyone offering to help out.

But before any of that can happen, an incident occurs. Coming up from the city's sewers are the likes of Numemon and Geremon. What are those who usually dwell among the muck and the grime coming out of their hole for? Well, they know there was a party last night, and they're angry over not being invited.

(The whole city was invited. The Numemon and Geremon were simply told not to come if they were going to be a nuisance, and they took that to mean not to come at all.)

Putting aside the inequities of Access City vis a vis the filth dwellers, the Numemon and Geremon are intent on trashing Access Park where the party was held and vandalizing as many places of business as they can. Whether that be by throwing their pink "sludge" everywhere, or by trashing the party equipment and furniture, they're intent on raising a lot of really, really dirty hell.

Those caught up in the chaos must either dodge the so-called "goo" they're flinging or work to stop them. Thankfully, Numemon and Geremon aren't too difficult to deal with, despite their being Adult Levels. Tamer Union didn't intend this to be the first challenge Tamers faced in coming to the Digital World, but it seems fate itself had other ideas.

Mod Notes - Please refer to the Game Info/FAQ for details on how various things in this game work. If something is not covered there, we have the What Are Digimon? page, the Glossary of Terms, the in-progress locations post, and profiles for Digimon up to the Child-Level. If something isn't covered there and you have further questions, or questions about the TDM itself, there will be a space to ask the mods themselves. Also, watch for posts where you can directly interact with some of Tamer Union's key NPCs!

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[Miku blinks when she hears a girl mention anime and saying that this situation was like something out of it but... no, not Yumi. Which was probably a good thing, all things considered.

But then the girl is coming over to her and Miku smiles. ]

Yep. I'm pretty sure everyone here got that text. [ As for this being exciting... well, no more than things usually were back home. But she's pretty sure that's stuff that she probably shouldn't be talking about so she'll just... ignore that part. ]

That's so many people! Whatever this world-saving is about, it'll be a piece of cake with all this help! Nice to meet you.

[Miku smiles. It's a bit of an uneasy one though, since well... chances were that if they really needed everyone here, then things were probably going to be harder than anything else Miku was familiar with.

Which considering all she had been through was really, really worrying. ]

It's nice to meet you too. And yeah, I hope things go pretty easy for all of us, considering. [ She pauses for a moment, then...]

My name's Kohinata Miku.

Nice to meet you! I'm Takasaki Yuu, from Nijigasaki High in Odaiba. Although to tell you the truth, I'm starting to think that might not mean anything to anyone.

Well, I know where Odaiba is? I haven't heard of Nijigasaki High though. Is it supposed to be some sort of famous school or something?

I don't know if it's famous, but it is pretty big. It's hard to miss. Where are you from, Miku-san?

Well, I haven't been to Odaiba, I just know where it is.

I'm a second year at Lydian. [Sure, that technically doesn't answer where she's from, but she's pretty sure the area near where she goes to school is going to be more interesting to Yuu than her hometown anyway. ]

I haven't heard of that, either. Maybe something's up here... Do you know if they have a school idol program? I might recognize the club.

[...Okay, okay, something is definitely up here. ]

No. I don't think there's a school idol program. I've never even heard of such a thing. And Lydian's a music school that had a idol attending, so...

[Granted, Lydian's real purpose was a bit more complicated than just being a music school, but if that was a thing Lydian would still be one of the schools to actually do it.]

Wow... So it really is true that even our own homes don't match up. That's kind of... Actually, I don't know what to think about it.

[Well, that's... not good. And confusing. And Miku also isn't sure what she thinks about it, thought it means that most of the people here might be in even less of a position to be prepared for what's going to go on here than she was.]

Yeah. I'm not sure what to make of it either... That's not something I ever needed to even think about before.

Not really. I've always just been ordinary. Though I guess that's how things usually start, at least I think so.

I mean, it's kinda mostly the same for me, I guess.

[A lot less so recently, and even less so for a lot of her friends, but even then different versions of Earth was a bit much. ]

But if the world needs saving, it's not something you can say no to, right? Even ordinary people.

Yeah, definitely not!

[And besides, everyone who saves the world had to have been normal at some point, right?

... Well, okay, no, it depended on what you grew up around but still.]

I'm still not entirely sure what exactly we're all supposed to do here. Or what this whole 'partner' thing really means though.

I get that it means we'll make friends, people who can help us. And put that way, it does sound pretty nice.

Yeah. I guess...

[Though at the same time, if it was just that then they really should've also given the text to Hibiki and the others. ]

I guess we'll find out soon enough though.

TDM #1 - "Welcome to the Digital World"

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