Mission: A Bear's Appetite

[Zachary Scryer]

Official Mission Link - A Bear's Appetite
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The group of tamers had been called via a job request into the Nanosphere forest, home to many forest and beast digimon. It was a calm afternoon for the moment, as the wind blew through the trees and sunlight danced on the forest floor as the trees masked much of it. THe path through the woods would be simple, but soon the tamers and adventurers who choose to take on this mission-- would find their client.

Up in a nearby tree, was a strange looking bear digimon. Bearmon, adorn with his cute 'Bears' cap on his head and the light war paint on his cheeks and the straps along his arms and body. The little bear was slowly trying to climb a tree adorn with peach-looking fruit. "Bears love honey and I'm a Bearmon. So I do care, so I'll climb there. I'm so rumbly in my tumbly,
A time for something sweet." The Bearmon reached roughly half way up...

... till sadly the cute bear digimon came sliding back down, the tree too smooth and too broad for him to climb up He slid back down and landed flat on his fluffy butt. "Daw... so close," he growled. At that moment, his nose twitched as he smelled new people. He turned around where he would find the others, and jumped up, happily. "Oh, Hi guys! Thanks for coming. YOu here to help me with the job request I sent?" he asked.

(OOC: YOu have met with Bearmon. Make introductions and listen to his mission details before proceeding forward. )

[Drum]

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Sky above me. Earth below me. Fire within me. "Hey, Bearmon." Drum waved in greeting at the Rookie Digimon. "I'm Drum, it's nice to meet you." He had heard about this mission back at Wild Cards but none of the more older and serious members of the organization wanted to take this mission and since he didn't have anything better to do he decided; why not right? "Yes, we're here for that." Speaking of we the Drumdramon looked back at the others with a curious look before looking back at Bearmon. "So what's the situation?" He had read the mission description but perhaps Bearmon would have more information to give them now that they were face to face.

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[manaia kulkarni]

Not the be outdone, Manaia chimed in with a, "Yup! That's us!" after the drum Digimon had made his greeting. Despite not being acquainted with anyone here - she hadn't even met them before - Manaia was having no problem using the word 'us' and generally acting as if she belonged. The shock of arriving in the Digital World had long passed, and she was back to her outgoing self. 

There was a smile on her face, and it didn't so much as dim when the business talk began. Again, she couldn't help but chime in after Drum. "Yeah, so why don't those bugs wanna share?" Of course, it didn't take any stretch of imagination for Manaia to figure out an answer, but she was curious about what the Bearmon would say - and even more curious what the others would do about it. She'd seen a number of requests, but had yet to see any actual missions carried out.

[Zachary Scryer]

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The little bearmon looked to see the clients who accepted his job request. One was a strange little dragon digimon in armor-- and another was a young human girl. Both to which Bearmon was happy to see as he waved a paw at them. "Hi there, I'm Bearmon. " he said in a chipper manner.

At Manaia's request to learn more about the bugs keeping him away from his prize, Bearmon looked to the general area-- notiable by a huge tree near the center of the woods. "Yeah... You see, I love making great desserts and I gather fruit and plants for the best desserts in the digi-world!" he said, running over to his bag near the foot of the tree and took out a few apple danishes.

"Anyway, back to what I was saying... I need a special ingredient, and also cause its a snack I really want," he once again pointed to the giant tree. "The big tree over there is called the Ancient Tree. It has another name, but I forget-- anyway, about midway in that tree gathers this delicious nectar called Golden Honey! It's really, really good!"

The sparkle in Bearmon's eyes showed how badly he wanted the honey, that was for sure.

"But when I tried to get some, the angry insect digimon wouldn't let me. I asked them nicely, but they chased me off the tree," The Bearmon said, his tone growing sad as he explained. "Think you can help me? I can come along if you really want to help."

[Drum]

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Sky above me. Earth below me. Fire within me. "Hah!" Drum suddenly let out a short bark of laughter, grinning cockily as he pounded his fist against his palm. "Not a problem at all, buddy! Those insects would rue the day they dared to mess with us and you!" After all, what could a couple of annoying insectoid Digimon do against the might of the Dragon's Roar family? Now if there was one thing that Drum had in spades when he was all excited, it was confidence and determination. He'd show this bugs not to mess with his client! "You're free to come with us, little buddy. All the help you can offer will be appreciated." It would be stupid to turn down the Bearmon's small offer in the case that they might need it. He wasn't a fool, he had heard stories from his Father, how even some insectoid Digimon could be vicious little things if you dared to give them your back or mess with their nest in any way. "Are you all ready?" Drum asked everyone in the case they needed to gear up before they had to scale the tree.

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"Huh..." The longer Manaia listened to the Bearmon, the less sure she was that she actually wanted to help it. She glanced at the other Digimon here to help, but he seemed quite ready to go and beat up some poor bugs. "Wait a second," Manaia said to Drum. "I want to make sure I understand this whole story."

She turned to the adorable, but (as far as she was presently concerned) wrong, Bearmon, and began to repeat the facts for clarification. "So you wanted something from these Digimon and didn't even offer anything in return? And you wonder why they're angry with you! I'd be too if I were them. Bees work hard to make their honey, you know." Or at least they did in the real world - but how different could that be here? Not much, Manaia was sure.

"And on top of that," she quickly continued before someone dared to interrupt her, "you want us to fight them because they rejected you?" Manaia waved a finger at the hat on the Bearmon's head and asked, "Do you even have a brain under that hat? If you really do make the best desserts around here then it shouldn't've been too hard to strike a deal - they give you the honey, you give them half of whatever you make, right?" It was apparent that Digimon didn't have many siblings or they would've tried striking a deal in the first place. It was Sibling 101.

Manaia put her hands on her hips and looked between the two Digimon as she addressed them first. There was a frown on her face and the serious tone in her voice had become a lot more stubborn. "The point is: we can't go in guns-a-blazing or whatever and just steal the honey. It'd be wrong. Let's try strike a deal with the bees instead."

[Zachary Scryer]

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It was good that Drum was far more receptive to help the poor little Bearmon. However sadly Manaia was quick to grill the little bear. She started to crititize how it was wrong to take it, how he should of asked them first or even buy some, and the more she yelled and scholded him, the little bear looked down at the floor. 

"I... I tried to ask them nicely. I did ask them nicely... I said I would buy some, or at least trade... but they said no. I really just wanted a little bit, in that big tree and they have so much..." " the little bear said timidly before the big scary lady. "I was real nice the last time I went and asked nicely... and in return they chased me, attacked me and drove me away from the tree..."

The bear's eyes was watering from the memories of being attacked by the insect digimon and how they were so mean to him. Now with Bearmon, he was seeing Manaia in the same way. "All I wanted was a small little jar... was that so much to ask... And I too so have a brain... and I ... I... WAAAAAHHHH!!!"

Bearmon burst into tears, the streams falling like a fountain after the human's harsh words. It was as Bearmon had said. The insects were rather mean. But if Manaia thought she could be diplomatic, that would be up to her.

(OOC: You have made Bearmon cry. You can either go without him, or try to win back his confidence so he can join the party again.)

[Drum]

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Sky above me. Earth below me. Fire within me. The more Manaia spoke, the longer Drum felt like he was being scolded by his Father (it didn't matter that the reprimand was coming from a girl), for not being good enough to use his head and thinks things through-- like she was preaching. The Mini Dragon looked down at the ground and clenched his fist tightly before relaxing them. "... I understand where you are coming from..." The Drumdramon looked up and towards the lady in their midst. "But sometimes, you've gotta understand-- stuff cannot be dealt with diplomatically. It can only be solved with the last decision in your plans; brute strength and backup. You also need to understand, not all Digimon are the same; not all of them will want to help you or even get to know you. It might seem like a harsh pill to swallow but it can be kill or be killed out there..." Pointing towards the crying Bearmon, he tried to make his voice sound confident and not slightly weak and hesitant. "Right now? We might need his help, and yours! So please, let us just get this over with?" He didn't know what to do to make the Bearmon stop crying-- he was never good with the other small hatchlings back at his homeplace, and much less with the other draconic Digimon of his age. Welp, he'd try his best but if the Bearmon didn't want to come then it didn't matter much, he'd still try to get the mission done. "Yo! E-err... stop crying, please? L-look, we're going to try our best to get your honey, don't worry!" manaia kulkarni

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Yup. This Bearmon definitely didn’t have siblings, not if he was so easy to cry.Even amongst her own, though, Manaia rarely played the bad guy and did feel a bit uneasy when the tears started to come out of the little bear’s eyes. “Aii, calm down,” Manaia muttered. “Crying won’t get you anywhere.”

Thankfully, the Drumdramon knew what was what and offered some much needed insight. Manaia listened attentively, taking in his words, and - to the best of her ability - weighing up the options. The choice between ditching the mission or continuing was obvious since there was only one way for Manaia to see what she wanted to see, so the real toss up was whether she wanted to make amends with the Bearmon or not. That should have been an obvious choice too, but he was such a cry baby…

Let him cry and you’re no better than Marama.

Manaia’s face scrunched a little at the thought. “Alright then. When in Rome.”

She crouched down so she was more eye-level with the Bearmon and said, “Look, I’m sorry. I wasn’t trying to be mean; I guess it just comes naturally sometimes.” And you’re way too soft anyway. “I’ll help get you some honey…” Manaia stood up and addressed the Drumdramon, “... but if there’s a chance to talk it out with the bees, don’t think I won’t take it. And if all they wanna do is fight,” she shrugged, “then I’ll have no choice but to do the same, right?”

Manaia looked to the Bearmon once again and asked, “So you gonna tell us where the big, scary bees live? We need you for that.”

[Zachary Scryer]

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Bearmon was hurt due to Manaia's accusations from before, but slowly Bearmon calmed down and stopped crying, tears still in his eyes as he listened to both of them. The little bearmon was not stupid or his head 'full of fluff' as he looked. He did try as he said before, but the digimon wouldn't cooperate. It may very well end in a fight-- but Bearmon wanted Manaia to be right in finding a peaceful resolution to this matter. "*Sniff*... Okay... I want to do this peacefully too, but the digimon just don't wanna share at all. I tried, " " he said, wiping his eyes and nose with his paw in a cute bear manner.

Taking some of the patries he made, he would try again to give them to the insect digimon. "Okay... Just be ready if they really don't wanna be friendly. I'm telling you... those insects are not nice..." Bearmon said and led the way to the Ancient Tree.

The Ancient Tree was a like a modern day sky scraper in its height and size! There were hardly any major branches, save for a few ones to stick out along the trunk-- but the only means to climb the tree was via spiraling pathways that curled up the tree, like vines up the trunk-- unless you could fly. Even looking for the very top, the branches and leaves of the top almost made it look like a giant green cloud as it was very high. Lucky for them, the honey that Bearmon wanted was only half way up.

As they would approach the base of the tree, they would soon find it guarded by rather odd looking digimon. Red colored insectoid digimon with wings that buzzed near the base of the path. They were red and black with feathers near the top of their heads, but the masks they wore made them look rather intimidating.

They were hornets oppose to bees, which was very odd to see if honey was the thing they were making.

"That's them.. the ones who chased me out..." the little Bearmon said timidly, holding his little box of sweets to try once again to appease to the digimon.

[Drum]

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Sky above me. Earth below me. Fire within me. Drum looked from the Flybeemon and back towards the Bearmon, his stance at the ready to act at any moment notice if they decdied to become hostile; a Pyro Sphere or a drill straight to their exoskeleton should make them back off if they tried anything. At least they had the help of the Bearmon; even if he still seemed a little shaken up from his early cry fest. Thankfully the girl was also at their side, with more allies this should hopefully go over well in terms of having the strength to pull this off should they come to blows. Though he wondered what a human could do in this situation; as far as he knew unless they had some sort of weapon or armor to go by they could be helpless against the might of a Digimon... unless they were an anomaly like Leyton and Degas who could transform into Digimon themselves to aid them in battle. Perhaps this girl... Well, only one way to find out and perhaps that time will come sooner rather than later. Zachary Scryer manaia kulkarni

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Thank god the tears stopped. Manaia smiled with relief, and tried to inject a little bit of humour into the mix in an attempt to make things go even more smoothly. When the Bearmon talked of how mean the bees were, Manaia, “If I can make you cry without trying, just imagine what I could do to those mean insects.”

Okay, so that hadn’t been that funny. All she’d really achieved in saying that was talking herself up. Manaia took a moment to stare off at nothing in particular and chew her lip. She’d never really been in a fight before, so why the hell was she acting so great? She was just jinxing herself.

Manaia spent the walk trying to convince herself, in her head, that bees were no big deal, even if they were monster bees. That, and there was always a chance she could talk some honey out of them. Yeah, that could happen.

Nope. Nope nope nope. These bees weren’t so little after all, and neither did they look anything like actual bees! (Why was Manaia still surprised when that happened?) Manaia crouched down near the Bearmon and asked it, “You sure these are the guys?”

Manaia looked towards the Drumdramon and tried to read the expression on his face. He wasn’t panicking - didn’t look nervous at all as far as she could tell. Maybe the red bees were all show and no talk. That thought made Manaia feel better about the whole situation.

“You got my back if I go try talk to them, Drum?” Manaia asked him.

[Zachary Scryer]

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(SOrry for delay) 

Bearmon looked to the human girl when she asked if this was the same insect digimon who chased him out. Bearmon nodded at it and still hid behind the two allies he asked. 

They were free to approach the hornet like digimon-- but they still hovered resolute and unwavering as they had not been engaged yet. Upon their approach however-- the first of them saw the human and two digimon. "HALT!" One of the hornet digimon-- Flybeemon-- snapped and flew above them, an angry look in his eye. "What do you want? State your business!" he said. 

It seemed the hornet was straight forward and too the point, causing the bearmon behind them to shrink a bit from how bossy the insect was. 

(OOC: You still need to plead your case to the insects-- but it might not be so easy to discuss things with them. ) 

[Drum]

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Sky above me. Earth below me. Fire within me. "Um..." Drum looked from the girl and his client and back to the Flybeemon's with a sweatdrop going down the side of his face. "H-hey there. Flybeemons." Drum tried to be as respectful as possible, he event went for a bow! "I know that you must be busy doing... whatever it is that you're doing, probably protecting the tree from intruders... like us!" Drum tried for a joke, even going as far as laughing awkwarldy about it. "Um... anyway. We were wondering... would it be possible if you could give the Bearmon some honey? I mean, it doesn't have to be much! And if you do, he could give you back what he makes of it, like the sweets or perhaps even the money! So... yeah..." Drum pledged his case, even if it wasn't a good one considering the short timeframe he was given. He was more of a fight first, think later kind of guy after all. manaia kulkarni

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