Digimon Story: Rainbow Traverse -- Chp 3

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"See?" said Ike to Gazimon. "All in the reflex, man! YOU GOT THIS!!"

The chimera looked back and forth between the tamers, even as Ike continued rallying at the top of his lungs. Al noticed, however, when Gazimon was no longer focused on him and Ike, but on Renamon. The purple-gray mammal's eyes narrowed, a scowl digging into his face.

"Alright, I'LL DO IT!" he huffed. "I'll digivolve right now! Show YOU guys what I'm all about."

Storming away from the campfire, Gazimon picked out a spot in view of everyone, the sound of Ike's cheering drowning out even the noise of the nearby jungle as the chimera took a fight stance. Over and over, Ike chanted "DIGIVOLVE! DIGIVOLVE! GA-ZI-MON!". The rookie digimon pumped his fists as he bent his knees. Gnashing his teeth, he growled, the timber and sound growing louder and harder. He pulled back his head, his tail standing on end! AND--!!

Nothing. Gazimon through his claws towards the heavens and yelled as hard as he could, his voice trailing off as he held the pose. And just like that, everything was quiet again. Both tamer and digimon hanging their heads over slumped shoulders.

"Let's... work on it," reasoned Renamon.

Alemana would watch this, looking back and forth between them as they chanted and tried to Digivolve only for.. nothing to happen. He would turn out on his best smile as he held out his hands. “Hey don’t worry, you’ll get it sooner or later. No use in trying to brute force your way into it. Like my dad likes to say, a watched pot never boils!” He then looked at Renamon “Besides.. a mile isn’t all that far. Think of if like a nature walk!”

[Hmm... roll Persuasion]

[Rolling= 4 1 6 1 6= 16]

Ike glanced back at Alemana with a long face, only to shrug and look away like nothing had happened. "Yeah, sure," he said, slipping his hands into his pockets. "It's whatever. Gaz's just having an off-day. He'll digivolve."

As the two tamers went to help Renamon clearup camp, Gazimon sat down on his knees, sighing. Hears drooping, he looked up at the sky one more time, noticing a flock of pink, bird-like digimon flying towards the highland forests in the distance.

"Flyin', huh?" he said to himself. Grumbling, he forced himself back on his feet, making his way back to help the others.

[Alright, roll Survival with a +1 from team]

[ Rollin= 3 2 2 6 4 1= 18]

In a combined effort, Alemana and co. cleared camp in record time. From there, the journey to find the third tamer began in earnest; scaling the cliffs down into the valley below. Not wanting a repeat of yesterday - and because the pathway down was so narrow - Renamon abstained from digivolving into Kyubimon. Instead, she worked in tandem with Gazimon, jumping between narrow ledges one at a time while he dug tunnels through otherwise impassible slopes. According to the clocks on Al and Ike's digivices, the managed to reach the ground in two-to-three hours. Yet in that time, the map marker for the third digivice hadn't budged in the slightest. Still one and a half miles away.

"I think it's a trap," said Ike, looking over his map. "Either they were waiting for us to come all the way down here, or they got caught."

"Tell it like it is, boss."

"Pessimism won't get you anywhere," mused Renamon. "That being said... caution would be advisable."

“We aren’t going to give up now, either way. If they are leading us into a trap.. well they made a mistake. We’ll rescue that kid!”

"I'll scout ahead," said Renamon. "Alemana, keep me updated via digivice. I'll try to be back before long."

Turning away, the vulpine melted into the background, the solemn note of a flute playing in the distance.

Both Ike and Gazimon gasped.

"Sh-she disappeared!" said the tamer.

Gazimon slapped a paw over his eyes, growling. "Oh great, AND she can turn invisible?! What a rip!"

Alemana would give her cheek a scratch and gave her a thumbs up

“Go get em, Renamon!” And he would laugh at their reactions when she disappeared.

“Renamon is pretty amazing,” and then he would turn to look at Gazimon

“But you’re amazing in your own way too! You’ve kept Ike alive this whole time, and you didn’t need to Digivolution to do it!” He would then look at Ike.

“You guys have your own style, that’s the important thing. Me and Renamon can do things you can’t do, and you can do things we can’t do. That’s how a good team is built, you get people who have different talents!”

[Hmmm... alright, roll Persuasion.]

[rolling= 6 2 5 3= 16]

The two stared at Al in silence, giving each other a side-long glance before shrugging.

"So... what did she mean by you keeping her updated?" asked Ike.

Feeling a little smug now, seeing he knew a few things more then Ike did even though hr had been here longer.. hr would hold up his digivice.

“Well there’s a tab that should connect you with your digimon, like you’re calling them on the phone. Give it a try!”

Hearing this, Ike inspected his digivice, tapping on the screen.

"Oh hey, Gaz's under my phone number," he said, before putting it to his ear. "Testing. Testing. One, two, three."

It was deja vu all over again for Al as he saw Gazimon give the same face Renamon had made when he had first used the feature.

"Gck-! L-loud and clear, boss!" said the chimera, whose own voice echoed through the receiver of Ike's digivice.

"Ah sweet! No blue-tooth or earbuds required!"