TDM #1 - "Welcome to the Digital World"

[tamerunion]

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!

Comments

[scarsolderthanyou]

Oddly enough, Erichthonios's world sounds a lot like Stone's. It just isn't. "You must be on a completely different continent from my people," he muses. "I can fly on my own, but that tends to alarm people, so I've been known to use flying boats too. Maybe whenever we get back home, after all this, I'll see if I can find your city."

[chainsthatbind]

Erichthonios is likely to be completely oblivious to the fact that they're not from the same place for a very, very long time. Or anyone else here for that matter. The world is an enormous place, surely it would fit all of these and more!

"Could be," he agrees amiably enough. "It's a rather large star, and three other continents besides the one I know best." Maybe four if a particularly large island counts as one, but he didn't think it did. "You won't alarm too many, I don't think." He's so small! "But if you'd like, when ... whatever it is going wrong here is seen to, I'll see about getting a bit of free time and I'll bring you myself, and some guests if you'd like and have any you enjoy traveling with."

Wait he's missing something here-- "My name's Erichthonios. It's good to meet you, stranger."

[scarsolderthanyou]

Oh, Erichthonios. He's not nearly so small when he's in his flying form. He smiles a bit at the statement, pretty sure Erichthonios doesn't know that. "I'm Stone. And I might take you up on that, if I can find the place. I do enjoy traveling and meeting new people. I probably would still alarm people, though, unless you don't have the Fell where you are. And unless you do have very large fliers."

[chainsthatbind]

"If we have 'fell', I don't know them by that name." It sounded rather ominous though, which meant he probably did know of them, albeit in some other term.

There's a moment's hesitation, brow furrowing, before the young warden ventures, "I suppose it would also depend on your definition of 'very large'. But given naught is allowed to approach cities or towns that is dangerous, I can't imagine whatever means you intend to use would be.." He struggles a moment for the right phrasing, frowning. "...Greeted with alarm or fear. You may be mobbed by curious onlookers though, if your methods are novel enough."

[scarsolderthanyou]

"Raksura are shapeshifters," Stone explains. "My other form has wings. It's just also very big." He looks around, and gestures down the street. "My wingspan would run from this building to that corner there, fully stretched out." That'd be about seventy feet. He is very big.

[chainsthatbind]

Erichthonios doesn't respond immediately, head tilted slightly to one side, measuring the distance between himself and the building. Large, yes. It must be considerably more so to a 'human' sized being.

The lack of alarm at either the idea of a shapechanger or something quite that large suggests they're not unfamiliar ideas. Maybe it really would be reasonably okay to visit Amaurot. "You might have a bit of trouble finding somewhere to land inside the city except the aetheryte plazas," he begins thoughtfully, with the slow carefulness of working it out in his head as he goes. "But so long as you're not aggressive or violent, you'll be alright aside from curious onlookers pestering. Are you able to eat in the size you are now and remain content in your transformed state?"