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My body flies out of the shade of the tree, both swords raised high, successfully parrying two arrows. Another arrow pierces straight through my arm but I can still swing it so it doesn’t matter. Battle Focus is active and my vision is good enough to notice a few of the arrows as the light of t...

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And that’s why I’m sitting here, in the shade of an especially large tree, using my [Meditation (Lv.9)] skill. Now that it’s gotten pretty high, I can easily get into that place that took me hours before. The perfect darkness. It makes the pain feel more dull, and brings me away from the ho...

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It doesn’t seem like I’m going to be attacked by anything anytime soon, so if I wanted to, I could probably hang around here until that timer went down completely. The issue is that I don’t know what happens when the second attempt rolls around. I was only able to survive like this because ...

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…Okay?

When I peek open my eyes, the window is gone, but if I close them, it returns again. I have no idea what that is or what it means. It’s some sort of European language I think, maybe Latin? Spanish? Italian? Who knows. What I do know is that I have no idea what it’s sup...

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Darkness. Howling winds. A strange whistle reaches my ears, like a loosened arrow, and all of a sudden everything is very, very cold, like a late autumn evening. I stumble forward, and find that the black ground beneath my feet is stiff with cold dirt and rocks. Goosebumps spread across my body i...

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I point a finger at the girl. “And her?”

He blinks at me before shrugging apathetically. “Is it even important? She’s not going to be any useful. If anything, she’ll just be in our way.” I’m not sure whether I agree or disagree with him. Even if I have no cho...

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I shoot up to my feet. And the second I do, another one of those screens pop up just before my eyes.

<Time Until Floor 1 Opening:

23:49:03>

A timer? It seems to be counting down…

So, if I get it right, in 23 hours and 50 minutes or so, the first floor will open. 2023-01-07 14:41:53 +0000 UTC View Post

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…me?

Where-, where am I…?

Everything is so bright, and my head hur—,

—No. No, it doesn’t. My hand only barely has time to touch my temple before I realise that my head doesn’t hurt. It’s been months since my head has last felt this… clear. The eternal ch...

Tutorial Rewrite 1

By  this point, it’s really only a matter of days until I either starve to  death or get killed in some desperate attempt to avoid the  aforementioned. Personally, though, I’m leaning towards just starving to  death. Worse ways to croak and all that.

More than  ...

Digimon Ch.21

I flip up my visor and try to bring it to my mouth for a big ol’ bite, but it’s too big and won’t go in through the opening. Hum. Considering it’s comprised of data, I should technically be able to just crack it open like any other living creature. I kind of want to just karate-chop it op...

Digimon Ch.20

“Found you! You pay now or you die!”

I startle awake, but instead of either flying to my feet or falling off my bed branch, I find myself tied up on the ground. Oh, and a blaster is being waved in my face. Admittedly, the toy-gun does look a bit more intimidating when the nuzzle is righ...

Digimon Ch.19

I whirl around to face the voice. Before me, standing slightly shorter than myself, is a digimon. I assume it is a digimon because I can’t accept the existence of aliens within the digital world.

It just… it just looks like an alien. That’s all. Like a little grey man with big green e...

Digimon Ch.18

…

H-, huh?!

I wake up with a startle, and I try to swim up, but instead I just fall back down, my arms grasping for the branch in panic. In the end, I’m hugging the tree like a sloth, upside down, my chest heaving.

Okay. Okay. I’m alive. I’m not dead. But… but...

Innomon Evolutions Egg, Baby and Child

Digimon Ch.17

It takes a few minutes to re-learn how to walk, and by the end of my extensive training arc, the sun has gone down fully. Shit. Everything has turned dark grey and blue. I still can’t see the moon, but if I catch so much as a glimpse of it, I’m probably dead. Evolving into a slightly bigger f...

Digimon Ch.16

When I wake up again, the sun is beating down on me from above. The sky is blue. In the corner of my vision, I can see the leaves of a coconut tree, swaying gently. It smells like sand and my back feels hot. Cold but gentle waves beat against the soles of my feet.

I take a deep breath. It s...

Digimon Ch.15

The massive swarm of fish, resembling more of a solid cloud than a school of fish, moves into action. Now, I can’t say I’ve ever been attacked by a fish before, but I can imagine that a thousand of them, descending upon me in a concentrated stream, might work to do some harm. Especially so if...

Digimon Ch.14

See, currently, I’m faced with the most heavy-handed physical representation of the consequences of my actions. Apparently, the herald of my retribution has taken the form of a small seal-looking thing. Funnily enough, it’s only slightly bigger than me. That said, it really does look like a s...

Digimon Ch.13

To that, I have no answer, so I give none. For a few seconds, Bukamon simply stares at my back. Then he swims a bit further away. “I-, I’m not going to stop you or anything, but… But I just can’t watch,” he whimpers. And then, he swims away. I don’t watch him leave, but I can imagine ...

Digimon Ch.12

“P-, pichi…?”

Oh, damn it all!

I throw the detested little creature to the side. It bounces over the sands for a bit before coming to a stop, where it digs itself back down into the sand. Great, I just lost part of my breakfast. What a waste.

My eye falls to the sand in be...

Digimon Ch.11

…

…Hm? Where… am I? Where’s dad?

Dad?...

I open my eyes. No, eye. I can hear snoring. It’s dark, but part of this place is lit by a very small flame. That’s… Bukamon. Yeah. Right, I’m not… I’m not at home anymore.

It’s so dark. I try to heave my body ...

Digimon Ch.10

“Come on Innomon, catch up!” Bukamon calls, and I honestly didn't even notice him starting to swim away. I’ve always had a penchant for slipping into my own thoughts, so I quickly shake my head and begin swimming towards him. He doesn’t seem completely happy about how slowly I’m catchin...

Digimon Ch.9

Sure I’m real. My name is Roy, and I’m real. I’m a human. Well, I used to be, but… But I still am! I may not look like the typical human, but inside, I’ve got all the humanities I need. I just have to get back to civilization and all of this will go away.

…I wonder, if I got bit...

Digimon Ch.8

“Here we are!” Bukamon exclaims cheerily, bringing me out of my brooding. I look around, expecting something edible, only finding an underwater clearing filled with colourful seaweed swaying up from between the rocks, looking a lot like massive strands of rainbow hair. I glance around. The li...

Digimon Ch.7

I’m starting to notice an annoying pattern in the names that these monsters refer to themselves (and me) by. Being a civil and well-meaning human being, I open my mouth to respond. Oh, wait, there’s an eyeball in my mouth. I forgot. Funny thing, huh?

Bukamon stares at me. I stare at Buk...

Roy Evolutions Concept Art

Digimon forms are so inconveniently designed it’s hilarious

Digimon Cover Art

Digimon Ch.6

Huh. Something here feels… Weird. My body is… Something is wrong. I feel… Not bad, not good, just…

My heart beats like a gong. I buckle over but there’s nothing to empty and I feel small and big and sick. All of my limbs are trembling. The world is becoming blurry but no matter ho...

Digimon Ch.5

“Ah!” he exclaims as he throws himself to catch it like it’s an authentic fabergé. In the meantime, I instead throw myself into running at full speed, and by the time he’s saved the egg and put it somewhere safe, I’m gone.

At least, that was my intention. I was able to get into t...

Digimon Ch.4

I could probably steal one of his nappy bottles somehow. Maybe even get a fish, like he promised. If I ran back to the crib I used to be in, I could be in, get fed, and out before he even knew what happened.

…Ooooooor, I can eat another ball of jelly.

My stomach grumbles ag...