A New York Minute

[Zachary Scryer]

(OOC: Officially using Sapphire Scarab - Used at start of thread, gives triple bit rewards to user. Cannot be used at same time as Platinum Ankh. Cannot Stack. Single use.) 

It was 8 PM where Zachary was in New York city, in his room as he sat at his computer. It had been a few weeks since he constructed Nexus on the internet. So far, things were smoothing over. He already got the names of several people who indeed had digimon of their own. Out of them, one of them he had really gotten close to over a short period of time. He seemed like a nice guy. A bit of a serious demeanor, but then again Zachary could be seen as such too with his cautious approach to other people. 

Zachary had just started a video chat with the said person. Beside him, Panthermon was sitting beside him. While not in view of the camera, he could see the screen. Zachary was pretty certain this person was indeed a tamer, from how he described his own partner and his digivice. He felt a bit nervous, but there was nothing to really risk. They had talked for over a week actively and he thought this person was worth getting to know via online chat and web cam.

With a deep breath, Zachary pushed the call button and the skype call began to take place. 

The screen soon opened up to reveal a person. 

"Uh, hi there. Is this Lonewolf? I'm Zaber from Nexus." Zachary greeted to the screne, hoping to reach the person he had been talking to.

From their point of view, they could see the back of Zachary's room. The while walls, the dresser and stack of small figurines on it, alot of fantasy gear, along with a yin-yang dragon poster in the back. For now, he sat their patiently, awaiting to hear back from the other person while Panthermon hid behind the desk, out of view for the time being.

Blake Winchester

[Blake Winchester]

Your love is my poison

And I'm drinking it down

A few weeks back shortly after receiving his partner Blue he had stumbled across a website that he could at least deduce was created by a tamer. The dead giveaway for him was when he noticed the symbol that was printed on the blue card that gave him his digivice, and brought his partner to this world. He began chatting with the group of people, and over the past couple of weeks he had began to form a bond with the sites creator who went under the alias Zaber.

Zaber was a pretty down to Earth guy that seemed to care about people; obviously so by the fact that he created a site to reach out to fellow tamers. His new online buddy had suggested having a video chat with him, which was typically something that he tried to avoid. He reluctantly agreed to the video chat because he thought that Zaber might be able to bring forth a little clarity on the situation, and provide him with some of the answers that he needed. A few weeks ago all Blake thought digimon were was a card game based from an anime, but a few weeks ago he found out first hand it was true. Were the creators of the anime/ card game from another world, or were they tamers who were writing about events that had actually occurred.

So many thoughts were running through the tamers mind as he tried to get a handle on the entirety of the situation. His thoughts were brought to a halt as he noticed a video call coming from zaber pop up on his skype app. “Okay, here we go Blue. Stay hid until I tell you it is safe to show yourself okay?” The little red blob would sigh, “Okay Blake, I will hide!” He would mutter as he crawled down into his lap hiding himself under the desk. Exhaling the young tamer would click the answer button on the skype call, and would notice a teen with brown hair, and brown eyes sitting in front of him. He noted in the background a bunch of figurines, and a large yin yang poster on his wall. What could be seen in Blake's background is a wooden wall looking as though it was made from old rustic barn lumber covered in posters from the digimon franchise as well as medals he won from card tournaments in proud display. The person sitting before him introduced himself as Zaber, and questioned his identity. This was definitely Zaber, he was the only person he knew that wouldn’t disclose information while in fact actually telling his entire story just in code.

“Ah, what’s up Zaber this is Lonewolf here. Sorry if I am coming across a little nervous, not used to this kind of thing ya know?”

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Zachary Scryer

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[Zachary Scryer]

It took a while for the call to go through, but it soon registered and the person's face appeared. He appeared to be a touch older than Zachary from looking at him, with a room that showed a clear indication of him being a fan of digimon. He couldn't be sure if he was a real tamer or not, but soon he saw him and put on a smile on the camera over his computer screen. "Hey there. Its cool. I kind of feel the same, but video chat is just as safe as any other secure means of meeting. Anyway ty for keeping in touch with me for so long. " Zachary said, sitting back in his chair.



On the desk before him, he had his digivice there, along with a few cards he had as well. He glanced at it for a moment, having a feeling he would be showing it to him in a bit. but for now, he just kept calm and tried to make casual conversation.



He felt Panthermon moving near his feet, the panther looking up curiously at the screen. At his angle, it was hard to see the other person, so he was now starting to get curious what kind of person Zachary was talking to on the video chat. His tail swished behind him as he looked up.



"So tell me, how did you get into Digimon? Do you play the videogames or just a fan of the tv show . What made you want to come to Nexus?" Zachary asked.



It was then he got an idea how to show off the Digivice and not risk exposure-- unless of course the guy on the other side of the video chat knew what he was talking about.



Blake Winchester

[Blake Winchester]

Your love is my poison

And I'm drinking it down

After making contact with the child that appeared to be a little younger than him he would smile. “Yeah, I guess you are right about the whole secure meeting thing.” He would mutter as he gauged the reactions of the man sitting before him. His partner sitting in his lap would begin to bounce because he was so excited about the conversation that was going on. He would listen as he asked him courteously thanking him for all the time listening to the younger male. “Well, Zaber to be honest it has been a great time getting to speak with you about ‘digimon’ it has given me a chance to release some of the stress in my day to day life.”

Curious to get a reaction from Zaber he would pull his digivice out of his pocket, and would answer a question he had asked about his experience with digimon. “Man, I have been a fan of the show, and I am a champion at the card game. You can see my medals hanging behind me, you want to know my secret to the gaming? Having great equipment,” he would mutter as he held up his digivice in front of the screen.

He would then await a response from zaber as he relaxed in his computer chair.

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Zachary Scryer

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[Zachary Scryer]

(OOC: I don't know why I feel this way but I feel stupid we have the same digivice colors Damn Ryo...I should consider making mine Black and Gold.)

Zachary felt confused at his first words. It sounded like he was already willing to hang up the call so soon. however he really meant to relieve the stress of the day to talk to someone who was just a fan. It came off as he was just a fan, but it didn't matter to Zachary. Tamer or no Tamer, he was happy to meet someone who loved digimon.

Then the conversation changed to something interesting. He described how he was a champion of the card game too. "Oh that is very cool. I play the card game too, but I don't compete. My uncle actually works for the company who made the game. Its nice when he helps me out with my collection. Even made me a custom card of my own original digimon." Zachary shared-- and in truth it was how Panthermon came into being, the card coming into contact with the blue card.

But then he said he would share his secret. That was then he said having 'great equipment' and then took out something.

Zachary watched closely on the screen and saw it... a D-Power Digivice almost identical to his!!

"WHAAAA--!!" Zachary backed up in surprise-- thrown off by the sight of the digivice. He leaned back too much and in a comical display in front of the camera, he fell backwards and his chair being upturn in the process. Panthermon let out a rather rattled 'panther-like' cry as he saw the collapse and got out of the way, under the computer desk.

It was a rather embarrassing moment as Zachary took a second to regain his composure. He slowly stood up and put back his chair into the upright position. Turning back to the screen where Lonewolf was, he looked at the digivice. It was the same. His own was exactly the same.

"Y-You're ... You are a tamer!" Zachary gasped. Leaning over the desk, he grabbed his Digivice and raised it up to the screen, showing it as well to Lonewulf. It was the same color of blue with a shining silver design around its screen and buttons.

Zachary knew it. This guy was indeed a real tamer. "So that means you have...?" Zachary asked, hoping to hear the words.

That he had a digimon too.

Blake Winchester

[Blake Winchester]

Your love is my poison

And I'm drinking it down

Blake would smile as the younger fellow would start to talk about his love for playing the digimon card game. “Well Zaber if you really want to play a game sometime I will be glad to oblige you with my best skills." He would let out a deep roaring laugh as he noticed his newfound friend falling to the ground when he revealed his digivice. “Well, judging by your reaction fella I guess I am not the only one he would mutter.”

Then as the tamer picked himself up the card lover would then speak. “I didn’t just get the equipment; I got the entire package!” He would mutter as he raised his partner up sitting him on top of the desk.

The little red blob would then turn a shade darker red from the embarrassment of being put on the spot by his tamer. “This is my partner digimon Punimon, but I call the little guy blue. Ironic ain’t it considering he is red as a cherry tomato." He would then pat the little red blob on its backside, and would smile. “Go ahead lil fella introduce yourself to Zaber.”

The small little digimon would attempt to get some sort of control on his emotions, but to no avail he was so excited to meet another tamer that he just couldn’t contain himself. He began to bounce off the walls literally in Blake’s room. “Calm yourself Blue!” The tamer would shout out of fear of his mother’s reaction to the wreckage.

The digimon would finally make its way back to the desktop, and would smile with his yellow eyes shining bright. “My name is Blue Zaber nice to meet you. Where is your partner? I would love to meet another digimon!”

Blake would rest his head on the palm of his hand which was being propped up by his desk. “Little guy is full of energy, but he has asked a question that I am pretty curious about myself.”

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Zachary Scryer

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[Zachary Scryer]

Zachary was shocked to be sure. He knew it was indeed a real digivice, and that only stood to reason the guy in the screen had a real digimon as well. He didn't have long to wait before the guy rose his hand to reveal a small little creature the size of a ball. It was a digimon. One of the baby forms, but a digimon none the less. A Punimon from what he was called. Upon seeing Zachary on the screen, it started jumping around like a rubber ball off the walls in excitement till he was caught.

A soft chuckle escaped Zachary too as he saw how chipper the little digimon was. "I knew it. You do have a digimon. This is so cool," Zachary said to the screen.

As they calmed down, both of them wanted to know if Zachary had a digimon partner as well. He had a feeling it would come to this as Zachary glanced down below his desk, soon seeing Panthermon looking up at him. "Yeah. Indeed I do," Zachary said, gesturing for Panthermon to come out with a movement of his head.

Getting up, Panthermon stretched for a moment and then walked around-- reaching the end of the table. With a soft leap of his upper body, he jumped up to land his front paws at the edge of the desk, like how any cat would to reach something on a high up position. On the screen from Blake's side, he could see Panthermon's upper body as he emerged from out of view.

At first glance, Panthermon looked like a regular, though shocking first impression of a jungle cat. It would alarm anyone to see one in an apartment building. However, the bracers he wore on his front paws were a give away he was not normal-- also the sheen look of intelligence in his eyes, showed he was not a mere beast. While still appearing as a feral panther creature, Panthermon was indeed a digimon.

"Guys... this is Panthermon, my partner Digimon," Zachary said with pride as he gestured a hand to him.

Pushing himself up with his paws, Panthermon tilted his head to the camera. "Hello. Its nice to meet you both," Panthermon replied with a polite nod and calm tone. Unlike Punimon, Panthermon was well mannered, almost cool and in control. Unlike many rookie digimon, who were at times immature due to their stage of growth-- Panthermon was a bit more collected and calmer, similar to how Renamon might be if the tv show was any indication.

For Blake however, Panthermon was no digimon he might of ever heard of. There was no mention of him in any form of media, which would probably raise questions for Zachary.


Blake Winchester

[Blake Winchester]

Your love is my poison

And I'm drinking it down

Blake would watch as the digimon that was introduced as Panthermon made its appearnace into eyesight. This was a digimon that the young tamer wasn’t familiar with, and that was strange considering that he was pretty well versed with digimon. “Well, I guess you learn something new everyday Zaber. Your partner I have never heard of before.” He would pull up his digivice pushing the silver button in the center attempting to retrieve some data on the jungle cat digimon.

His head would begin to spin as he noted that there wasn’t any known data on the digimon. “Well that is odd, there is no data on the digivice referring to panthermon.” Reaching into his desk he would pull out a stash of snacks, and would eat a few pieces remembering to feed his partner Blue. After eating he noted that Blue was shaking almost as if it was having a seizure, “Hey Blue are ya alright? Do you have to poop?” He would mutter as the digimon was engulfed with the blinding light of digivolution. “Punimon digivolve to…” As the light encompassed the digimon in the shape of an egg, and slightly enlarged. Then all at once a large grey horn would pierce through bursting the shell of light. “Tsunomon!” Could this be? Did his digimon just burst through the barrier to the next level of digivolution. “Congrats Blue on leveling up!” He would smile, “We did it together Bl-I mean Lonewolf!”

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Zachary Scryer

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[Zachary Scryer]

Blake Winchester

Blake was confused by the nature of Panthermon as he was before the camera. Zachary reached over and pat Panthermon on the head. Had it been any other strange he didn't know, the panther would of mauled him. Zachary however was always the exception to allow to be pet and treated like a cat, cause he honored his individual will and respect. Zachary looked to Blake on the screen and rubbed the back of his head. "Um... well that is kind of cause.. I sort of designed him? You know created him,"

Zachary disliked the word cause he was not Panthermon's 'creator' in the same sense. However, he was the one to dream up the design of Panthermon and a general direction of what kind of digimon he was. "I just dreamed of him for a long time, even had a custom card made of him and he came to life. My uncle actually works for the makers of the card game and he got me a custom artist card of Panthermon. Anyway long story short, he appeared when I moved to New York a month ago." Zachary explained.

Things got more exciting when the little red digimon suddenly digivolved-- becoming Tsunomon. Now he was a digimon Zachary liked, and met before. He had met one and he was a sweet little guy. "Gratz! And please, call me Zachary. I think now that the Jungle cat is out of the bag, we pretty much don't have any more big secrets." Zachary said with a smile, happy to have met a tamer and how his digimon was slowly growing.

[Blake Winchester]

Your love is my poison

And I'm drinking it down

Blake’s eyes would get huge as he heard of the tamer having his own custom digimon made at the card factory, and with what luck actually got to be his partner in real life. The young tamer had always heard of art contests they held for new ideas for digimon; one that came to mind was doggymon the cartoonish champion dog.

He would then listen to the tamer as he reassured him of his safety, “Yeah man I guess it is okay for us to share some of our personal information with one another. My name is Blake Winchester, and I currently live in Austin Texas. I heard you say you live in New York, those terrorist attacks as the news is describing them are digimon aren’t they?” Clenching his device firmly in his hand he would grunt, “Man I don’t like to impose on people, but if I travel out there can you show me what it means to be a tamer in the real world? I have to learn from someone with experience, and you have that experience.”

He would make his way to the shelf on the corner of his house, and pull out a binder full of digimon cards. “These are the cards I had before being a tamer; they are trash the digivice won't load them we have tried. The only one that has worked for me is the one I received after getting the digivice. So, I guess I need to find where you buy your cards you use for battle.

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[Zachary Scryer]

Blake Winchester

Zachary was puzzled on the screen as he heard him talk about 'terror attacks'. He was aware of 9/11, as anyone would of been. That was a chip on everyone's shoulder. However, the 'attacks' involving wild digimon breaking into the real world, Zachary has been dealing with. He had met no other tamers in the local area as of yet, but he was sure there should be some around. Regardless, his interventions kept digimon from doing more harm before they got the chance. At least for the time being. "I'm not aware of what you mean, but Panthermon and I have been keeping wild Digimon from destroying New York and keeping it under the radar as best we can," Zachary explained. He sighed, recalling some late nights they had to get up in the dead of night to fight them. "Its one of the glamorous perks of being a Digimon Tamer," Zachary said. 

Zachary was perplexed when he heard the news. Was he inviting himself? "Um... isn't Texas a bit far from New York. I mean are you coming up sometime soon for other business?" he asked. " But yeah, we can organize something if you really wanna meet IRL. We just gotta agree on a time and place. If you don't mind though, I prefer a public place  since we are first meeting." 

So it seemed they were going to make plans to meet. Panthermon would glance at Zachary, curious if it was a good idea or not. Still, he was soon looking at a collection of cards he had. Zachary was puzzled by that. "Really? Cause mine are working. Sure not all of them work, but most of them do. Depends on how your using it. Besides..." Zachary paused as he looked at Tsunomon. " I don't think your digimon could even 'process' them as he is right now. It's like trying to run a MMO RPG computer game on a Commodore 64"


The analogy was old school, but accurate.  

[Blake Winchester]

The tamer would grab his device and his digimon looking at the screen. "Well I do have some business in New York there is a big card tournament taking place this weekend, and I plan to be a part of it. Where would be a good place to meet you? I will catch an earlier flight to make sure I meet you and learn the ways of a real tamer." He would look down at his partner and sigh; "this little guy just became an In-training digimon before I can be any count as a tamer I need him to at least be rookie."
Reaching down and grabbing his bag he would fling it over his shoulder a place his partner under his other arm. "Be my Han Solo."

(To keep thread going I typed out a short reply on my phone man. I will be lengthier with the next one. )

[Zachary Scryer]

This was a change of things. He was going to meet an internet penpal who had a digimon and he was coming to New York. he was going to participate in the tournament too. Zachary had not decided to participate since he felt his cards were not up to snuff next to this guy. He had a good collection but when it came to the tournaments, it was all about 'meta decks' something he hated. Perhaps his new friend would still humor him in a game too.

In the end though, Zachary found more value to use his digimon cards with real digimon battles oppose to the card game.

"Maybe we can play a game before that? I mean when is your tournament? I hope you will still stick around for a while here so we can get to know eachother more," Zachary suggested. "Do you know where Midtown Comics is? Its where I go for the cards. Why don't we meet there?"

Panthermon looked to Zachary, then to the screen.

So it was clear they were going to meet. At least there it was safe for them to meet in a public place-- for their digimon, not so much, but it would only be a meeting spot till they knew one another better. And there they could talk cards as well

"I look forward to seeing you then, man. Thanks for this Blake. Have a safe flight," Zachary said, prepared to sign off.
Blake Winchester
(OOC: Next post will be the date they meet)

[Blake Winchester]

The next day at 6 am the hustle, and bustle of travelling was beginning to set in. Making twenty trips back and forth to be certain he had everything he needed for his trip. Then once he was situated it was time to hit the road, and make his way to the airport. Since the undergoing of 9/11 security, and screening for flights was getting much more monotonous, but he knew it was only for their safety. He placed Tsunomon firmly, and securly in a pet taxi.

"Be good Blue don't start any fights with the dogs down below understand?"

The horned digimon would nod; "I will be a perfect little Angel." He would smirk bringing a sense of terror to the eyes of his tamer as he placed him to be loaded in the plane. "No funny business Blue!"

The tamer would then reluctantly make his way aboard the plane taking his seat in the aisle. His fear of flying was beginning to take effect. To combat the fear he placed his earbuds in and cranked up some music drowning out the fear that was running rampant through his head.

Meanwhile, in the cargo bay Blue was attempting to take a nap, but was having difficulty due to a dog barking up a storm. The Tsunomon would begin to get furious, and unable to control his anger he would shout. "Would you please shut the help up!" The little monster would sigh as he would note the dog responding to his scolding. Slowly, his eyes would shut as he made his way to a deep and much needed slumber. A few hours later the duo left the airport, "how was your flight Blue?"

The small digimon would sigh as he recalled the events that he had to deal with. Walking out into the city he could see the huge skyscrapers looking as if they were piercing the heavens. "Boy howdie we sure ain't in Texas anymore Blue."

Pulling out his map he would begin to look over the map losing hope for finding the location. He would pull his phone out typing in the GPS location of the store treading along until he made it to the store he would then proceed to text Zach.

Hey man I just got to this store where are ya buddy? Parentals have me permission to stay for a few days brother.

[Zachary Scryer]

When Zachary had ended the video chat, Panthermon and him had discussed the possible risks with this little meeting-- but the pros outweighed the cons. He was at least close to his own age, so there was no real risk of meeting him in the public place. The days that passed, Zachary was interested to meet this stranger and grew anxious for the day.

And soon the day arrived...

Zachary had arrived at the store earlier and already had his cards spread out along the table that was stationed at the end of the card store. There were a few other people playing digimon and other card games, including those for the tournament about to happen that Blake was going to participate in. At least they could maybe get in a few games before they played-- unless he was keeping his strategy a secret.

All the while he could feel Panthermon's gaze in his mind and his presence. The panther digimon was already hidden, invisible from the sight of others as he blended into the shadows of building across the street. Though on the catwalk of the building, for the time being his powers kept him unseen. THough hardly anyone would look for him up there. Still, he had a perfect view of Zachary in the window of the comic book shop.

As Zachary waited, more or less playing with himself as he looked and formed card combos in front of him-- he soon got a beep on his phone. Picking it up, he saw that Blake was already at the store.

Turning around, he looked to try and find him. At the front of the store-- he spotted him, and the unmistakable round creature posing likely as a stuffed animal-- Tsunomon under his arm. "Hey! Over here!" Zachary said, waving for them to come over to his table. "Welcome to New York!"




Blake Winchester