[video] BBS

[scatterflower]

*A teenage girl with brown hair shows up on the screen, her hair in pigtails and a rather massive pink bird sitting behind her.*

Hey Chika, do you think it's working yet?

That's what I'm trying to find out...

*She tinkers around with a few buttons on the computer real quick, and then her lips curl into a smile.*

Yep. It's working.

*She clears her throat for a moment, before she starts speaking again.*

Hey there everyone. Piyomon and I are new here, and I just had a quick question or so and I figured it would be easier if I asked via this webcam here.

*She leans back a bit, and Piyomon walks a bit closer, and soon enough it would be pretty obvious that with her sitting around in the computer chair like that, that Piyomon came up to her neck.*

Well, anyway, my question is this? Has anyone ever been brought here with... umm... pets before, and how did they manage to living situation here if they did. These rooms are pret-

*She doesn't get to finish her question, as Piyomon looks pretty annoyed.*

You're calling me a pet!?

Hey, it's the closest thing I could think of to compare you too. It's not like everyone's from a world with friendly talking monsters!

*She shakes her head, and Piyomon looks a bit less annoyed, but still not particularly happy.*

Anyway, the point is, I was wondering how this was supposed to work out as far as sleeping and stuff is concerned. Since well, these dorms are really tiny, after all.

Though I guess I might be able to figure something out about using the common area with my roommate...

*She blinks, and realizes that she's still recording.*

Oh! Umm, thanks to anyone who answers in advance!

*And the video is cut off.*

[Action, some time later]

*Chika and Piyomon can also be seen wandering the campus sometime after posting her video, just looking around. Piyomon might be getting a few odd looks, but other than that the two of them seem pretty normal.*

You know, we're going to need to try seeing if I can evolve you like Yoshino-san and Touma-kun can.

*Piyomon cocks his head to the side as Chika pulled out a Digivice.*

When did you get that?

*Chika smiles.*

Dad gave it to me a couple of weeks after he came back home. He said he wanted me to be prepared for when I saw you again. I'm just glad I kept it on me all the time so that I have it here with me.

*Piyomon smiles a bit as well, before his eyes widen.*

Chika! Look out!

*Chika barely has time to leap out of the way before looking over at the person she almost crashed into. Her face goes completely red.*

Oh geez! I'm so sorry! I guess I wasn't paying much attention to where I was going. Are you okay?

[OOC: Bold is Piyomon speaking.]

Comments

[BBS]

[elementofloyalty]

oh hey you're my new roommate aren't you

i'm rainbow dash. hey i have a pet too

[BBS]

[scatterflower]

Hi Rainbow Dash! Yeah, Piyomon and I are your new roomates.

And that's really cool. What type of pet is it?

... Also, Piyomon would like to remind me, again, to not call him a 'pet'. Which is true. He's a bit too sentient for that.

[elementofloyalty]

tank's a tortoise. you'll meet him when you come on by

uh give me a minute on that by the way the place is kind of a mess

i sorta got used to being on my own in there

[scatterflower]

Oh. It's... probably a good thing that I didn't head there yet, isn't it? Good thing that I saw how they're supposed to look during the tour though.

They're like, really tiny.

[elementofloyalty]

eh heh yeah sorry about that

i kinda have a weight rack on your side of the room mine's kinda full

but i sleep on a cloud so i can move it up out of your way if we're crowded

[scatterflower]

How do you manage to sleep on a cloud?

[elementofloyalty]

pegasi can do that

anyway it's more clean now so come on by whenever you want

[Action]

[rewritethis]

[This short blond guy is all set to stride past the two of them without giving them so much as a glance - judging from the thick sheaf of handwritten notes he's carrying under his arm, he clearly has his own plans. Unfortunately for those, he's paying so little attention that he doesn't notice the girl step out of the way at the last second, right into the path he was about to take around her.

In other words: crash. Followed by a lot of fluttering paper.

He shoots a irritable glare at both of them.] Do I look okay? Watch where you're walking! [Although it turns into, yes, an odd look once he gets more than a peripheral glimpse of the giant pink talking bird. Okay... either it's new here, or his memory is worse than he thought. It's a good thing he's been at Garden long enough to refrain from accusing every weird animal he sees of being a chimera.

Still, that's not important right now. What's important is getting down on his knees and scrabbling for all of those loose pages before some idiot steps on them.]

[Action]

[scatterflower]

*Chika's face went completely red.*

Sorry, sorry! I wasn't paying enough attention to where I was going.

*She bends down to help him gather up some of those pages, thankfully without stepping on them.

Piyomon just frowns.*

Umm, you both tried moving out of the way at the last second.

*Chika doesn't respond, since she's so busy trying to make sure nothing of this guy's goes missing right now.*

[rewritethis]

[Sigh.] You saw that and you couldn't at least try to stop her? You know, you aren't the only two people in this whole damn school.

[He finishes gathering up most of his notes, looks around for the rest, and is visibly a little surprised to see the girl already picking them up.] Oh. Well, thanks, I guess. [He holds out a gloved hand for the pages. Either the bird or the girl might notice the light glint off something metallic around his wrist for a moment, but his sleeve mostly covers it - and it would be weird for anybody to be looking that closely, wouldn't it?] Just pass them over here.

[scatterflower]

*Chika frowned, nodding and handing them over.

She doesn't notice anything particularly metallic on his wrist though. But even if she did, she'd probably just think it was a watch.*

It's not like I really had a lot of time to stop her. By the time I realized what was going on you already crashed into each other.

Hey, don't worry about it Piyomon.

[rewritethis]

Which just means you gotta think faster next time, doesn't it? [He's honestly not that bothered, but he can damn well be grumpy for the sake of being grumpy if he wants to.

Pile of notes back under his arm, he gets up to walk away, only to pause mid-step and look over his shoulder at Piyomon. Even if he's used to the idea of talking animals by now, he can't totally suppress his academic curiosity when he sees one that's unfamiliar.]

So... are you a new cadet or something? 'Cause I'd remember seeing a giant talking bird around here, I'm pretty sure.

[scatterflower]

*Chika forced a smile as Piyomon frowned.*

Yeah, we're both new here. We've barely been here around two or three days.

[youngnobelman]

When I was a cadet, Gaomon usually slept in the digivice or on the couch in the dorm's common area. Really, the problem wasn't so much space as it was shedding season.

Touma H. Norstein

[PM]
Chika-chan,

First Yoshino-san and Lalamon, and now you and Piyomon! It's great to see people from back home again; Gaomon and I have been here for over a year. I'm glad Piyomon was brought to this world too. [Because damn, but isn't it lovely having one's partner back?]

If you would like to meet up somewhere without bothering your roommate, I have my own office and a single dorm room.

Touma H. Norstein

[scatterflower]

Touma-kun! You're here too?

And really, it'll work out okay then as far as space works? From what I could see, the rooms were pretty small.

[PM]

You've been here for a year! Wow. That's... weird. I mean, I figured it was possible for something like that to happen, but to actually be hearing about it.

And sure, that'd probably be a good idea. Where is it?

I am so sorry this is so late

[youngnobelman]

I'm not just here; I'm the apprentice doctor.

Luckily Gaomon's learned to get by without much space, but I'm sure you'll be able to work something out with your roommate.

Touma H. Norstein

[PM]
My dorm's A126; we'd probably be more comfortable there. Though for future reference, my office is in the infirmary.

Touma H. Norstein

Don't even worry about it. ^^

[scatterflower]

Really! Well, I guess considering it's you, that's not really all that surprising, Mr. "Got a medical license at fourteen and got the Nobel Prize at nineteen".

Yeah. I sure hope so. We should be able to figure something out though...

[PM]
Okay! Thanks Touma-kun. Do you want to meet up now?

PM

[youngnobelman]

Yes, now works fine.

Also... Please don't mention my achievements on the BBS again. I don't like to make a big deal out of them, especially here.

Touma H. Norstein

PM ----> Action

[scatterflower]

... Oh. Sorry.

I'll... make sure not to do that in the future.

... Anyway, Piyomon and I are going to head over to your room now.

*Well, great. Here for a day and she already went and screwed something up for one of her friends.

Either way, it doesn't take her too long to find Touma's room, and she knocks on it, still blushing a bit. She should've known based on the way he acts most of the time not to go and mention that. Even if they were talking together, it was still public. How stupid could she be!?

Piyomon just looked over at her, a bit concerned, but he wasn't saying anything for the moment.*

action

[alwaysanarcher]

[By now, Cissie's seen enough talking animals to not stare at Piyomon too much...

Still, it was enough to prevent her from actually walking. She laughs, rubbing the back of her neck.] Yeah, I'm fine.

... Is that your combat pet? [It's a little rude to say so, considering the bird can talk, but she's not sure what else to call him (her?)] Or partner? Or whatever you guys call them?

action

[scatterflower]

*Piyomon looks a bit annoyed at that.*

For the last time, I'm not a pet!

*Chika let out a nervous giggle.*

Yeah, he's... not a pet. He's my Digimon Partner.

... He's still a bit annoyed that I described him like that when I went and asked how others deal with the sleeping situation like this.

action

[alwaysanarcher]

[She's got the decency to look sheepish, at least.] Digimon...? Oh, like Gaomon?

One of my friends has a partner too, but I don't know how he handles the sleeping thing either.

action

[scatterflower]

*Chika's eyes widen when she mentions him.*

You know Touma-kun and Gaomon? When did you meet him?

[alwaysanarcher]

Last year, I think. [It's been a while, and she's not too sure on the exact details...] Touma's been here longer than I have! When I first came here, he helped me get settled in and offered me a position in the infirmary.

Wait... if you know him, are you from his world?

[scatterflower]

Yeah, I am!

And I'm from the same one as Gaomon.

I already talked to him before, and he did mention that he's been here a while. Considering he's already graduated and all.

How long have you been here?