The Forest Village

[digisolutions]

[ Now that the group is free, they can explore the forest village to gather info and supplies before heading out. Eric is going to be training in smithing with some local digimon.

The entire village is nestled beneath the trees, hidden in its boughs. A giant tree-turned-castle is in the center, with the smithing near the eastern river. An open-air market exists beneath the tree, around its base, where things both familiar and foreign are sold and traded. Clothes are scarce, although there's an Archnemon who works as a seamstress if they can find her.

Most shops are in the literal tree houses, though, especially the more specialized ones. There's cafes and an inn and the library that NeoDevimon works at. If it exists in a town, it's here somewhere, you just have to find it. Everyone largely seems to be chill, but there's definitely the sense that things are tense beneath the surface. ]

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[lost_child_of_oriande]

[One of the first things Lotor is going to do is acquire (1) sword, all while Dorumon is giving him 'are you okay did you get hit in the head but why' looks, clearly Not Getting It. Honestly, Dorumon is probably not the only one.]

[Next, after attempting to ask Dorumon about the local history and what's important, he's going to be heading for the library, with Dorumon following behind happily keeping a ball in the air by bouncing it on his snout, foreclaws attached firmly to a small bag with a sweet bun.]

psst mastemon

[resolved]

[ Everything else matters but for now he's going to talk to Mastemon. He asks his partner to wait outside--if there's delicate information he doesn't want her to be hurt by it or whatever.

She seems nervous, but he reassures her he believes in her. He's talked to her long enough right now that he has a pretty decent grasp on who she is. ... Soft. Kind. Perhaps closer to a real angel than he's ever seen outside his sister.

Powerful as she might (possibly?) be, though, emotional hurt is a worse damage factor and he needs his soldiers in their best shape. She still seems restless, so he asks her to go get him some clothes, giving specific instructions about it. Something light and airy. If he's traveling, he needs that. His other outfit will work for colder climates.

When he enters, his demeanor is stiffer. His voice a bit sharper. He dumps the books he's found in front of Mastemon. ]

If you want this situation to change, then I need to know everything there is to be told.

Meat...farm? / Digivice Investigation

[lost_child_of_oriande]

[Where's the Beef/1]
[While exploring the village, Lotor's come to the fence of what almost looks like a normal farm... and he's standing by the gate, staring off into space, while both the Palmon who tends the farm and Dorumon are staring at him in confusion.]

...Where you ... grow ... meat.

[The increasingly confused Palmon nods slowly and responds even more slowly - after all this is the third time they've been through this.] "Yes. This is where we grow meat."

[This does not seem to have helped Lotor's bluescreen moment any.]

You grow meat on plants.

[Palmon looks like it could use a stiff drink or twelve. Dorumon's just got one ear flopped over, tilting their head around, before replying:] "Where else would we get it?"


[Digivice Research/Prompt 2]
[Lotor has a blanket spread out on a patch of grass somewhere toward the middle of town. There's a couple of cleaned bones from unknown haunches of meat on the ground nearby; Dorumon's on their back, lazily rolling a ball in the air with their feet.]

[Lotor, meanwhile, has several computer light-screens open in the air around him, text mostly in Galran glyphs, and is focused on his Digivice, poking at it and putting notes into various programs on the screens occasionally.]

Huh. That's interesting.