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[thewayoftao]

… I’ve wasted too much time trying to get any information from this useless thing that’s now following me around. Tch, can’t it even tell me what the hell is this place?

Enough of this. I want answers and I want them now.

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[soul_on_light]

...that voice...

[2/3]

[soul_on_light]

Could it be...?

[3/3]

[soul_on_light]

*sound of elated 'squee'!*

Hiiiii Ren! This is Hoshi, how the hell have you been?

[thewayoftao]

I suddenly find myself in an unknown place with a fox-like creature following me and babbling some bullshit about 'being partners' and 'Tamer'.

How do you expect me to feel?

[soul_on_light]

Oh, that's your Digimon! Everyone gets them when they come into the Digital World, where we are at the moment.

Although, uh... I should explain things.

Um, let's see. You, like everyone else, has been put here to fight against the Seven Great Demon Kings, which are our baddies, like Hao.

...Yes, Hao is here.

[thewayoftao]

'Digital World', huh? This thing mentioned something like that.

... Now why should I fight them? I have better things to do than resolving other people's problems.

Hao's here as well? So he's awoken...

[soul_on_light]

Yeah. I've been here the longest out of our friends, allies and enemies in this world.

I don't know. I haven't seen anything relating to them or to how they work in person, so I'm not entirely sure on that.

...Awoken? What do you mean, Ren?

[thewayoftao]

Who else is here?

... In other words, there's no proof of their existence.

Considering he's here, that would be the most logical conclusion.

... Is the Great Spirit with him?

[soul_on_light]

Yoh, Anna, Faust, Hana, Hao and Shichiyou.

I...think so.

Don't quite think I follow. I mean, he was perfectly awake back in our world.

No, but the Spirit of Fire is.

[thewayoftao]

Faust is here?

... And who the hell is Hana?

You weren't there, so you wouldn't know. To put it simply, yes, he was asleep back there.

... Spirit of Fire? He still has it?

[soul_on_light]

Yep! He's alive and well!

Hana is Yoh's and Anna's son that's comes from the future, so anything he tells you about Oni and other future events is true. He calls us either 'Uncle' or 'Aunt', so...yeah.

...oh, I see. ...wait, what the hell are you talking about?

Yes, but I assuming that we're... not as strong as we used to be, so the Spirit of Fire wouldn't be as strong as it was back home.

[thewayoftao]

... So he's alive...?

Their son... from the future?!

I'm talking about the events that took place on the Mu Continent, of course.

... Not as strong, huh? Still, it doesn't explain why it's with him.

[[ooc: Strikes not there.]]

[soul_on_light]

Yeah. Apparently I'm his beloved aunt and visit him a lot in the future after the Shaman Fight's over.

...Mu Continent? Uh... I've been to America and Japan and that's it.

It's his spirit partner...? And, yeah. My light's not as strong as it was back home.

[thewayoftao]

The Shaman Fight's already over.

... You don't know? It's where the final of the Shaman Fight was supposed to take place.

Not anymore.

[soul_on_light]

...No, it's still going on. I think. It's been three months since I've been home, so things may be different now than they were.

...Oh. The Patch Tribe never posted that bulletin on the Oracle Bells.

...wait, wha...

[thewayoftao]

The remaining teams refused participation, all according to the plan.

I believe only the participants of the final round were informed.

... He gave it to us.