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[Zeke]

6:54 PM

7:57am He sighed, having no clue what he would do today, or why he was even waking up so early. He of course didn't want to waste this, his first day in New York City. Should he just go around and see the sights? Kind of cliche, but what else would he do. He felt bad not having a job already, and it wasn't even time to wake up on the very first day here yet. Sure he was sleeping on the couch, but it was a pretty comfortable couch... did that matter? Should he pay rent because the couch was an adequate sleeping place? He was sort of hoping that uncomfortable conditions would lessen his guilt for this free ride but the more he thought about it, the more he felt he'd have to pay her back somehow.  7:58am Still two minuets until his alarm went off. What was even open at 8am? Was it different because he was in New York? Why the heck did he wake up three minuets before his alarm? It didn't really matter though, he was thinking of snoozing it anyways, there was no reason for him to get up at the same time as Kayleigh anyway.  She liked her job, a lot actually. Was that a good enough excuse to live here for free? Sure she suggested it but... it just wasn't sitting right with him. Maybe if he found a better use of his time. 7:58am He made the mistake of looking at the clock again. Why? This happened to him almost every day. The worst part was, just getting up was out of the question for some reason. "Uggggnnnn", he groaned and rolled over, shoving the pillow down over his face. He'd need to go out at least and see something. All he could think of now though in his tired rolling about was the statue of liberty. Well it was something at least. What else could he do here? He probably should have planned this whole trip out better. This was New York, the center of the world, he'd expected all the ideas just to come to him and the city to provide it's own adventure, but he was feeling like he'd just planned badly. To be fair, he'd yet to give the city a chance... he'd only arrived last night, and he was so tired from the train rides and buses that he'd just sort of, come in and fallen asleep on her couch. They talked for a bit but not about much, so he was still nervous to chat with her about this whole arrangement. What was there to discuss? He didn't really know, they'd set it up already but he just felt like a bit mooch, he couldn't really believe he'd accepted the agreement, what was he thinking.  7:59am He decided to change the alarm to 9am. He'd just pretend to be asleep while his friend got ready and left. Or maybe he'd actually be able to get back to sleep for an hour, however unlikely that would be. Still, he'd have to do something today, something helpful or useful. Something...

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[Zeke]

6:54 PM

8:34am He was up now, sitting up on the couch and poking at his phone to dismiss the alarm that would go off half an hour from now. He'd gotten tired of just rolling around half awake, despite how much his body wanted more rest, and decided to start the day. Even the blanket she'd provided him with was nice, it was incredibly soft to the touch though he'd slept in full pajamas. For a college apartment this place was really nice, it actually had surprised him. It was furnished with posters for plays alongside old antiquated shells shaped like boats and cloth dolls that looked like they were older than both of them combined. She certainly had a unique style. He finally stood up, turning around and folding the blanket nicely over the floral couch. After adjusting the pillows back into place he'd look over to the connected kitchen, the counter covered with a few bowls and a pan of eggs. "Did she, leave out food for me? Dangit!" He groaned. She was being far too nice, he'd have to find some way to make up for it. There'd have to be some way he could pay her, or something he could do for her... he'd have to think up something... 9:00am By the time he'd planned to wake up, he'd finished eating and cleaned up the kitchen area, putting all of the pans and leftovers away, thinking still about what to do today, and what he could do for Kayleigh. Wait, what about the statue of liberty thing? That seemed to be on his mind a lot... "How far even is all this stuff, I'd probably have to walk", he spoke to himself as he began to look it up, his face changing into one of first surprise then sort of, disgust. "Yea I'm not walking four hours", he grumbled, letting go of his phone and letting it fall back to his chest, held up by his lanyard. He sighed and walked over to the door to put on his shoes anyway however, "Still, I should at least go out and look around for a bit, see what's around here." He tugged on his backpack straps and pushed open the door, patting his pocket to make sure his keys were there. It was a few floors down to the street level, but since it was going down it wasn't so bad. He'd probably take the elevator back up later when he got back though, there were oddly a lot of people out this time of day, he was used to the sidewalks being empty this early but he guessed it was the nature of the city. At least it was a nice day for a walk though, and morning was his favorite time of the day. He just hoped something interesting would happen to him along the way, or he'd see something that would make him feel better about this decision of his. He didn't want to regret coming here so soon.

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[Nikumo Takara]

The Big Apple... Nikumo had to admit, it wasn't actually too different from her home in Tokyo. Guess maybe that's because the world has changed over time... she read that in the history books before World War III, the countries were more distant from eachother. She remembered reading in one particular novel that Japan was considered the "weird uncle" of the world, though now that technology has evolved, the world is more united than before.

She wondered how long that would last when you have an entire dimension of digital war machines right around the corner?

The girl tried not to think about it too much as she continued to walk along the sidewalk, a backpack strapped to her. The girl did have to admit that travel via Digital World certainly made her life easier and for the most part more interesting... Nikumo never travelled outside of Japan, so the option to now be able to browse pretty much any of the cities in the world certainly was interesting... Like now she could go to all these places that she only ever read about, like Stonehenge or the Eiffel Tower, or in this case the Statue of Liberty! Shame that Nyx couldn't come along, but Nikumo at least wanted to be cautious with all this real world to Digital World travel. If they got separated in the real world or Nyx accidentally revealed herself to a human who didn't know about there being real-life Digimon, things could get sticky REALLY quick.

Her only real issue right now was that she had little clue as to where the statue of liberty was... she was obviously unused to New York, so she had little idea as to where she was heading. As the girl was walking across the mostly empty sidewalk, she glanced at a brown-haired young man who was heading towards her direction. Perhaps asking for directions couldn't hurt? Quickly swapping to some English, she approached him. "Hey, I'm new here. Do you perhaps know the best way to get to the Statue of Liberty?"

[Zeke]

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FATE! Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Fatey fate fate fate. That's all he could think. This person who sort of looked like an anime character had just stepped up to him, and asked him that which he'd looked up moments ago. What should he do in this situation? It was so sudden, he hadn't really planned on anyone talking to him at all, let alone this. Was this the adventure he was waiting for and had been searching for, or was he jumping to conclusions? He was definitely jumping to something, these thoughts were a bit out there.

That's right, just coincidence… still, he'd wanted to see it, maybe he should go. It was a sign, not fate, just a sign… wait was there a difference.

'Oh gosh wait I haven't responded', he realized suddenly. He'd just been standing there staring at this bright haired girl, his mouth open a bit, frozen in place. "Uh, yea I can show you!", he said… wait why'd he say that?! He should have just said 'Yes it's over that way'. Why did he just volunteer? 

"I mean.. If you want", Oh, yes. Great save genius! At least it gave him an out though. Though now he felt bad. Was pre-regret a thing? He should really go, he'd planned to earlier. He was half asleep mind you but still, he planned it. "I was actually going to head there myself today, I'm new to the city too but I sort of memorized the subway system before I came... seemed useful.". 'Of course the subway would be faster than walking.' Now that he thought about it though, he felt more like he'd ignored that detail on purpose. More excuses. 

Wait was it weird he just offered out of nowhere to take here there? Do normal people do that? Crap "Heh", real smooth~

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[Nikumo Takara]

Nikumo let out a bit of an awkward chuckle as the young man thankfully spoke back, and while he didn't know where the statue was himself, he was heading there too! Guess they both were strangers out here. "Oh hey, thanks! That's awfully convenient... I'm only visiting for a bit, so I wanted to see one of the main attractions here before I uh... took a plane back home." She would for a moment stutter at that last part, she knowing full well that she was by no means taking a plane home. Too expensive. Needless to say, her method of travel gave literal meaning to "surf the webs". Regardless, she was all for his offer. "But yeah, I wouldn't mind! It'll be more fun to share a new experience with someone else, ya know?"

As the girl decided to follow the young man, she for a moment seemed to stumble, though she quickly regained her balance, she laughing at herself some. "Name's Nikumo, I came all the way from Japan actually... where do you come from?" She'd ask, awkwardly glancing off to the side. "Heh, sorry if I come off a bit weird. There's a funny saying that us Japanese are like the weird uncles of the world."

As she is distracted, she for a moment felt like something in her backpack moved, but she dismissed it as nothing.

[Zeke]

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"Huh…" Interesting, so she was only here for a bit it seemed. "Actually, I'm here for a whole month, I'm visiting a friend", he added, trying to further the conversation. He didn't really know much about her yet so he was finding it hard to come up with anything more interesting to say. "Oh, I'm just a few states up, I'm from Boston up in Massachusetts, if you know where either of those are. It's like a five hour drive, nothing as exciting as flying from Japan."

It was true though. Japan, she was all the way from Japan. True New York was a huge amazing city, but if he really wanted to get away and be adventurous, why didn't he choose a far off land, or somewhere he couldn't just get a ride home if he needed. Maybe that was just it. He wanted some kind of security, just in case… realizing that sort of made this whole adventure feel lackluster.

"Wait a minute, you flew all the way from Japan, just too see the Statue of Liberty?", he asked, looking up from the sidewalk for a moment as he lead to the subway station. "That's a bit, expensive sounding. I mean people don't usually just travel to go see…

Oh, wait. That's called tourism, ignore me.", he realized how stupid he was probably sounding and looked back to the sidewalk… though maybe he could salvage this. "Hah, still, sounds like something a 'weird uncle' might do, heh, eh." The chuckle was slightly forced, but still he was trying. "Oh we're here! Cool" He smiled as they arrived at their subway entrance, lots of people walking by them up and down the stairs, this stop obviously rather busy. He hoped the trains wouldn't be too crowded this time of day as he headed down the stairs into the depths of New York with his new… friend?

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[Nikumo Takara]

Nikumo awkwardly jumped slightly as the young man asked her about the whole "here just to see the Statue of Liberty" deal. Crap... it actually was pretty far-fetched she had admit, though thankfully he seemed to quickly correct himself. "Uh... yeah my folks are kinda fancy? My dad is... uh... a CEO! Yeah! So I basically can get to do whatever I want!" She would quickly lie, making up whatever she could on the spot, if merely. Admittingly, she was stuttering too much for her own good, but she'd hope he would not ask additional questions. After all, how else could she tell someone that she didn't actually get on a plane, unless you were talking about a dimensional plane. As they approached the subway, Nikumo began to look in her pockets and general attire to make sure she had everything. Phone check, D-Power check... However as she continued to do this, she noticed in the corner of her eye that her backpack was zipped open. Huh... when did she open that? She had not touched her backpack since she arrived here. "What the... I thought... I thought I zipped this shit alrea-"

It was only then that the girl caught sight of a small, white-fluffy dog... one that to the right eye was easily identifiable as not normal.

"Oh crap..." Nikumo practically had a heart attack at that sight. Crap! WHY was SHE here?! She had thought she left the Digimon back home in Japan! Didn't that bloody partner of her's know any better?! Without a moment's hesitation, the girl ran after the small dog-like In-Training. "G-get back here!" She'd yell after the Xiaomon, hoping to catch up with her before she caused a ruckus. This could end terribly if word got out! God, why did things have to get complicated so quick? She wasn't even worried about the thought of even getting on the train at this point... she just wanted to get Nyx out of here!

[Zeke]

RELIABILITY
ZEKE/HUMAN/..

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"Wow, a CEO?", he replied, eyes darting away from her back to the stairs and then over the rest of the people a bit. That was pretty impressive, and it sounded like a pretty great life, just getting to go where she wanted. She didn't seem like the spoiled rich girls you'd see on TV either, especially if she was using the money just to go places and see things. "What kind of company is -ehh", he trailed off mid word.

What the heck was she doing? Oh gosh, did he bump into a crazy? Okay that thought was kind of mean, she was just chasing a dog… a random dog, on the streets of New York. "Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……………………………………… can I .. Help? I mean is that your.. Dog? I don't think you had a dog earlier I um…", what was he supposed to say? This time it wasn't even his own social ineptitude, this just couldn't be something normal.

Should he help her? Should he help the dog?! The dog didn't seem too thrilled to have her chasing it. Alternatively the dog was having tons of fun with her chasing it. He decided to watch for a moment, stepping a bit closer before realizing… her backpack was unzipped and flapping about. No way it was like that before… was the dog, in her backpack? That would certainly make so much more sense than her finding a dog on the street and calling it hers. Though then it brought up the matter… she zipped up her dog, in a backpack.

"Uhhh", he stated again and stood in the path of the dog thing as it came running, trying to take a , help without much effort approach as he wasn't sure what to do, so he'd do a little of both and a little of nothing at the same time.

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[Nikumo Takara]

Thankfully, before too much of a ruckus could be caused by people wondering why a "dog" was running about, Nikumo managed to corner Nyx thanks to the guy she was hanging out with, she managing to get the Digimon back into her bag. "Uhh yeah. This is just my... dog." She would awkwardly comment, hoping that he'd just ignore what just happened.

"I'm just an ordinary Earth dog! Nothing to see here! Bark wuff bark!" The Xiaomon would squeak aloud cheerfully, her head poking out of the bag.

Internally, Nikumo was now screaming bloody murder. "Damn it, shut up!" The girl would irritantly say as she attempted to push the hyperactive Digimon back into her bag, she holding the bag close to her chest in a defensive manner, she glancing awkwardly around towards the confused stares from strangers around her. She could not help but glance towards... dang, she didn't even know his name. All she did know was that while Nyx was here, she needed to get them out of her. Shame... the guy seemed pretty nice, but there were more pressing matters afoot. "Uhh... look, I gotta go. It's not you, it's just me!" The girl would very quickly began to say nervously as she backed away, backpack in hand. However, before she could attempt to run away, one step forward caused the girl to tumble to the ground once more, she landing with a thud.

Peeking out of the backpack, a somewhat dizzy Xiaomon peeked her face out, she feeling a bit woozy from her tamer's constant flailing about. That girl needed to take ballet school or something, learn to get some balance. "Can we move on now? I really need to go tinkle or something." The In-Training would mumble, mostly unaware of that there were people around them that were not savvy about Digimon.

[Zeke]

RELIABILITY
ZEKE/HUMAN/..

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He didn't remember her having a dog with her. In fact it seemed like a hassle to bring a dog along on travels like this. Something wasn't adding up, but his brain was trying to force it to. She seemed pretty eccentric, and it wasn't out of the realm of possibility, it was just odd. Even if the dog did look, kinda weird there was obviously an explanation for it. "Yea, heh, he's kinda cute. I just didn't know you had a dog with you… a normal earth do-", his face went blank. It spoke.

His mind tried desperately to unhear it or redirect the sound but it was far too late. Excuses next, they flooded his mind but all were brushed apart by the simple fact that, holy crap that was a magical talking dog. Was that really a magical talking dog?! He really wanted to know more about this magical talking dog… but you can't just say that, you can't just say 'Wait I want to know more about your magical talking dog!'… so instead he said; "Uheh". Brilliant.

He was still standing there, face completely flat as he was processing what to do. Was this his adventure? The fate he was thinking about before? Or would this inevitably lead to his death if he pursued it. He could only think of extremes in the given time, he needed to react! Especially because she was leaving!

"Wait!", he said, stepping forward without thinking, and while that was fine and dandy he really needed to think about what to say next. He couldn't miss out on an opportunity like this, despite the possible consequences, but what did one say in a situation like this?! He felt like he was in the opening to some kind of movie. He had to stop her though, so he said the only thing he could think of. "I want to know more about your magical talking dog!"

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[Nikumo Takara]

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Nikumo

Nikumo was practically screaming inside as she was stopped by the guy (whose name she unfortunately still did not know.) Crap though, he caught Nyx talking... now he wanted to know about her "magical talking dog". Ugh. Life just isn't easy for her, was it? "Sssssssh! Stop trying to bring attention to this dude!" She'd say in a hushed tone, not wanting for others to listen to them. She wanted to just ditch the guy, but she doubted that he'd give up that easily... If she were in his position, she'd also want to know about some random person's talking dog... thing. "L-look, I can't go talking about this shit in public... Hell, I shouldn't be talking about this shit with you, but somehow I doubt you're just gonna take no for an answer, huh?"

Tilting her head around in an attempt to find somewhere... anywhere from which they could discuss this, the short-haired girl noticed a men's bathroom. Perfect... plus no one would think twice about her being there! She had to say that she pulled the "reverse trap" look pretty dang well. "How about this... Let's head to the men's restroom here. Nobody ever freaking uses those things in public really. It'll be a quiet place to talk." She'd say, motioning him to the seemingly empty bathroom. Peeking her head inside, the girl was pleased to see that the lights were turned off, so likely no one was inside. "Coast's clear. Come in." She'd say as she walked in.

Finally now inside the restroom, with nobody else outside; Nyx poked her head out of her tamer's bag, taking in some of the somewhat stale air in the restroom. Better than being in a bag all day. "Ugh... You couldn't even let me come out to find a place to wizz? I would have come back!"

"Bloody hell I would not! The last thing I need is you deciding to take a stroll in the middle of a HUMAN city! And why are you even here?!" The girl would angrily yell out, she shaking her head dismissively. She glanced back to the guy, sighing slightly. "It's a long story... but I'll try and take things slow. What do ya want to know?"

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[Zeke]

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The plot was thickening, his mind began creating scenarios and decision trees pertaining to the situation he was in. None of them made any sense… This didn't make any sense! Talking dogs weren't supposed to happen, this was crazy!

He hushed himself as she spoke, looking around a bit at the people, some eyeing them as they walked by but no one stopping or really seeming to know what was going on specifically. Just some people yelling in the street, what else was new around here.

"I uh… yea", he bluffed, just rolling with the whole no taking no for an answer. He'd probably be able to be convinced out of this at this point but this girl was certainly holding high hopes for his charisma it seemed, so he better deliver. "Yea uh okay, a good place to talk in secret", he added quieter. Not enjoying the idea of the public restroom being their secret meeting place, but hopefully the idea of it would keep others away as it normally would him.

He'd step in behind her, his eyes on the bag almost the entire time, anxious for the little talking creature to pop it's head back out and say more, and he did! "Uh we are in a bathroom, you could use a toilet…", he suggested before she'd ask her own question, about his questions.

You'd think he'd have a lot of them but, he'd been thinking about it so much he only had one place to start. "uh well first off, what's with the magical talking dog?"

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[Nikumo Takara]

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Nikumo

"Does I LOOK like I could use a toilet?! I'm so small, yous could probs flush me down if you wanted to!" The Xiaomon would squeak at the young man, though she showed no sign of actually being angry with him. Frankly, the In-Training Digimon was too amused by this guy's cluelessness as to what exactly was going on to even be remotely upset. "Firsts things firsts, I'm no dog! I'm what yous would call a Digital Monster, or Digimon for short!"

The girl nodded slightly before looking at the young man directly. "Deal is, we're not alone. There's an entire dimension JUST parallel to our own filled with these Digimon... think Pokemon, except these guys are not only alot smarter... usually, but also alot more dangerous too." She would for a moment scratch the back of her head, trying her best to ignore the smell in the restroom. She honestly should not have been telling him all this, but what harm can come out of telling just ONE person? "I don't know exactly just how many people know about all this, but some people like me have been stumbling upon it accidentally. There's a whole lot more to this though beyond people just accidentally wandering into this crap."

The girl would then begin to rummage in the bag that her partner had stowed away in. Pulling out her black D-Power, she proceeded to hold it out towards him so he could have a better look. "This is a Digivice. I know it looks like a crappy Tamagotchi, but these things are actually kinda important. It's the mark that a human has become connected to the Digital World, and in my case; my status as a Tamer and my connection to my partner, Nyx. That's the shitty talking dog in case you haven't figured that out." She'd explain, pocketing the device when she was done. She already had a good idea of what he was about to ask... along the lines of "How can I sign up for this?!" Needless to say, she didn't want to get his hopes up or anything... "Now look, I'm only telling you this stuff cause you don't seem like a bad dude; but I can't really tell you where to get this stuff. Digivices kinda just... come to people, same with partners."

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