What A Miserable Pile of Bytes (Private)

[Nikumo Takara]

"God... Weather like this is unheard of back home." Nikumo would mumble to herself as she looked outside of the wooden cottage-like inn, seeing that outside; snow was howling, blinding any actual sight of the normally pristine city. The girl was silently thankful that she and her partner both managed to get themselves into the city and into a warm inn... the weather outside was absolutely brutal.

The tamer was sitting on a wooden chair, Nyx in her Pilomon form comfortably resting in her lap. A warm fire was lit in the fireplace in the main hall of the inn, not a single soul in the room beyond a single BlackGargomon who was tending to the bar for the inn. The howling noise of the vicious blizzard winds outside could be faintly heard, Nikumo getting a shiver just thinking about it. It would have been horrifying to be outside at this time of day... was this what Antartica was like? No human belonged out here at this time of day. Hell, not even a Digimon should be out and about. To be out there was a death sentence.

Nyx nodded softly, opening her eyes, complete with caprine-like pupils. "Isn't it wonderful? Dangerous, but wonderful." In truth, the Rookie level had an idyllic view on life. People come, people go. People are born, people die. Many an individual must have passed away in snowstorms like this one, and many a times there was nothing you could do about it. The way she saw things was that she was lucky to be both alive and comfortable. Worrying about the painful things in life was time wasted. "Let us be thankful we are not lost in a storm like this. Many an individual would have killed to be in our position."

The human girl sighed slightly at the morbid comment, knowing full well that it was true. Guess you could say "better someone else than her", huh?

[Angeli]

Angeli squinted her eyes in an attempt to keep track of the brick road that led to Borealis City's front gates. The bitter cold bit her skin, not even her fur offering any protection from the destructive winds and bone-chilling snow. It was an awfully rotten time for the weather to suddenly pick up, bombarding her with the worst that this supposed winter wonderland had to offer. The only article of clothing the Zirconiamon wore that offered some protection from the elements was a densely padded red hooded cape, a piece of clothing that she had acquired before going on this pilgrimage. Sadly, it did little to keep her warm in this type of weather. Regardless, the Bewitching Beast Digimon marched onward, finally at the gates of the city. Just a little more time... it was all the Champion level needed.

Quickly spotting what seemed to be an inn, Angeli rushed towards it, the quadrupedal Digimon taking a claw and pulling the door open, quickly rushing inside. Immediately, she felt the sweet bliss of warmth... a warm fire in the fireplace of this humble inn keeping the place a cozy temperature. However, she was not able to enjoy it for too long... exhaustion and shock from her travels in the cold basically having drained nearly all her strength. With her vision going blurry, the beast Digimon fell to the wooden flooring, panting heavily.

[Nikumo Takara]

The sleepy atmosphere of the inn was abruptly demolished in a instance as the entrance door was promptly kicked open, some type of quadrupedal rabbit-like Digimon walking in. As quickly as they entered, the Digimon collapsed to the wooden floor with a loud thud, no longer moving. Needless to say, Nikumo's eyes widened at that thought. "Oh god..." The girl would comment, quickly getting out of the chair, Nyx hopping on to the ground, the tamer and Digimon rushing to the stranger's side. "Holy crap... she's still alive.. was she really out in weather like that?!"

The Pilomon softly chuckled to herself, almost amused to see this peaceful setting immediately ruined. Still, mighty strange for someone to be out and about in this weather... they were either very confident in their skills, or were a fool to overestimate themself. "Either way, she is either a very brave soul or a bloody moron."

With little time to spare, the tamer and Digimon quickly hustled towards the unconcious stranger, this ending up getting the attention of the bar owner. The three would immediately attempt to scoot the unknown Digimon towards the fireplace, in a attempt to warm them up. The BlackGargomon did take a moment to get some purified water from a faucet, housing it in a pitcher, seeing the Digimon was dehydrated. With his work done, the BlackGargomon quickly retreated back to the bar, leaving the trio of girls to themselves.

The beast Digimon appeared to shudder, weakly coughing some. Regardless, Nikumo was pleased to see that they appeared to have been regaining their conciousness. "Hey... what the bloody hell were you doing out there? You could have freezed to death..." She'd ask, a slight bit of irritation in her voice. Maybe it wasn't their fault, but this weather would have definitely killed them if they had not reached a place like this inn in time. It was either way a reckless move in by itself, something that annoyed her.