Digimon: Radiance (A Digimon RP, Full)

[Jack and Calumon]

Jay half woke up, lying down and refused to open his eyes in defiance of the next day. He was still tire and he didn't have to be anywhere anyway so there was nothing that couldn't say he couldn't have a nice lie in today. Except Jay wasn't wearing his nightwear, he could feel he was fully dressed, shoes and all. In fact, the last thing Jay remembered was going to pick up some fruit to make a smoothie back at home. How the hell did he get back in bed?

Groggily half opening his eyes, Jay could see he was in the outfit he was wearing to go get the fruit, his favourite outfit, but he was not in any place that he recognised. Slowly, he opened his eyes and got up very carefully to get a good idea of his surrou-

"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!" A boy across the room screamed, startling Jay into a state of alert. Suddenly he seemed aware of people, people around him, none that he knew personally. If it wasn't for the pure whiteness of the room and the fact that everyone here seemed to be of an age where they would be capable for themselves, Jay would presume that he and everyone else here was kidnapped. That didn't really appear to be the case and what was perhaps the biggest give away besides the pure white room, the nice furniture and the generally pleasant and non-hostile awakening, screaming not withstanding, was the massive egg that was on the side of the bed on a pedestal. It was all Jay could focus on right now and actually made him forget the fact he had no idea where he was or how he got here. Reaching out, he went to touch the yellow striped egg.

*CRACK*

Before he could even lay a finger on it the egg began to hatch. For a good second, a little beady eye stared at Jay and Jay stared right back, albeit more scared than whatever was hatching.

*CRACK**CRACK**CRACK**CRACK**CRACK*

And then out came the little creatrue inside, a little white blob that seemed be both smiling and hovering, both of which unnerved Jay to no end.

"I... didn't know jellyfish came from eggs. Nor that they had faces. Or that they could...fly!" Jay said not taking his eyes off the little thing.

"Did you know I can talk too?"

"GWAAAAAAAH!" Jay screamed, doing a good impression of the other lad earlier.

"Sorry, did I frighten you? Serves you right for thinking me a Jelly-whatever, jerk!" The flying white blob said before sticking its ant size tongue out at Jay.

"S-sorry? What are you?"

"Me," The thing quizzed before turning itself almost diagonal, as if it was trying to tilt its head but had no neck, "I'm Poyomon, and you're a humon, aren't ya?"

"Hu-mon?" Jay repeated, "I'm a hu-MAN, if that's what you mean. My name's Jay."

"Well, 'Jay', it looks like you and me are partners!"

"...What?"

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Spoiler: OOC

...Where is everyone?

 

[EmperorZuma]

Spoiler: OOC

I was waiting for everyone else to put in their introductions....this sure stalled quickly regardless.

Richard carefully opened his notebook to the first page and huddled over it, so to not antagonize the fiery spiked ball...that talked. Taking a glance back at the "Sunmon", only to see that it was puzzled, Richard started to write:

Fell in wonderland? With other people...eggs with odd creatures inside. What's with the mirror, and why is everything white?

"Hey! Whatcha writing?!" Core hopped off the pedestal and into Richard's lap, causing the boy to jump back in his seat.

"No!" Richard made sure to keep the notebook away from the flame on top of Core's head. The last thing he needed now was to have his record of this to be turned to ash.

"Come on, I wanna see!" Core started bouncing all around Richard, who couldn't do anything but curl up in a ball around his notebook.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Travis' eyes shot open to an unfamiliar sterile white ceiling. Having been woken up rather unceremoniously due to all the commotion and never being a morning person to begin with, he was already not in the best of moods. Groaning at the prospect of starting his day, he sat up and wiped the sleep from his eyes, only to be greeted with yet another unfamiliar sight; several, actually. There were a whole bunch of strangers in his room.

Wait, this wasn't his room, and this certainly wasn't his bed. Where was he?

The last thing Travis remembered was crashing, exhausted, in his real room, at around 2:30 the previous morning. Now here he was, stuck in a seemingly exit-less room with a lot of people he didn't even really know. Great, just great. Rolling out of the bed and placing his face in his palms, he only now noticed what looked like a glorified Roman column about waist-high, with a white pillow at its peak, standing directly adjacent to the bed. What was on the pillow was the strange part, though: a rather large egg, yellow in color with white streaks that simulated waves of fire cascading up its surface. No bird on Earth save for an overweight ostrich could lay such an egg. Blinking a few times to make sure he was really seeing this, Travis could only stare.

Looking back over his shoulder, he saw the aforementioned strangers each accompanied by what appeared to be creatures no bigger than the size of a house cat, each slightly different in shape and color as well as overall, well, species. So...not only was this not a dream, this was some kind of adoption center for baby monsters? And they were all here to adopt? More questions than he knew what to do with swirled in Travis' head as he stood up, grabbing his skateboard that had somehow been brought with him to this strange place. Strapping it to his back like he always did, he was about to go over and ask some of the others just what was going on when an audible *crack* resonated from the egg next to "his" bed.

Travis froze at that point. Those creatures the others were, he guessed, "partnered" with. They hatched from eggs?

He didn't have time to ask one of the others for answers, as Travis' own egg began to shake and crack rather alarmingly atop its little pedestal. Instinctively reaching outward to prevent the egg from rocking itself off of the pedestal, the entire top half of the egg popped off like the lid of a mason jar and clattered to the floor without breaking. It was at this point that Travis locked eyes with the newborn, or rather, as best he could. See, the creature didn't seem to have its eyes completely open, like a newborn puppy, Travis guessed.

The small creature popped its "head" up over the edge of the eggshell and looked at Travis, who could do nothing but look back at it. It was...round, very round. Like, a perfect ball with eyes and a small cat-like mouth. It was covered in yellow fur and sported a fluffy yellow fox-like tail almost as big as it was. Swishing its tail about and knocking the remains of the eggshell to the ground, the creature sat on the pillow, its eyes never leaving Travis as it kept that permanent grin.

Then it spoke.

"Hi, I'm Relemon! You must be Travis, my partner!"

Travis could only respond the way any sane person would.

"...and you, must be sh*tting me."

 

[Brad Shepard]

It seems that Leon?s scream had woken the others in the room, and with their awakening, it would seem there eggs hatched as well. He looked at each of the humans at each of them as they talked to there digimon, He decided to talk to his as well.

?So um? Zero was it? Pardon me if this is insulting, but what the hell are you and where the hell am I??

?I can understand that you are confused, let me start by asking you, what?s your name?? the small purple creature asked, looking up at the human that stood in front of him with his large yellow eyes.

?Oh me? They call me Leon, Leon Light, and you said your name was Zero, and you are a?what?? Leon asked, sitting on the bed as Zero turned to talk to him.

?They call our race Digimon, but me, im a Dodomon, as I said before, that?s what I am. And I am your partner.? He said, bouncing from his podium to his partner?s lap. Leon looked down in wonder at the little digimon that sat on him, what did he mean by partner? Like detective partners? Plus, he was talking to a rather large furry beach ball no less, it was all very confusing.

?It means we are linked Leon, I can tell by that look on your face that you are confused, I can?t blame you, yet again. But it should become clear in time.? Zero continued, seeing as the human he was with was speechless.

Trying to find words, Leon examined the room, no walls, no windows, no exits, they were trapped in there. Upon further examination of the room, he saw enormous gems above each bed, He recognized the one above his bed, it was a Garnet, a beautiful stone with a deep crimson color, it was one of his favorites. Looking around the room, he saw 6 others gems, all of different types, an emerald, diamond, amongst others.

Putting Zero on the bed, he stood up so he could reach for the gem, as he touched it, a brilliant light erupted from the garnet, which also caused the room to rumble, and with the rumble, the wall that Leon has propped himself against descended into the ground, revealing a set of stairs.

As he looked to where the stairs lead, to his shock, they went right into a wall. Pulling himself around the corner, he looked around on the wall where the stairs ended, it was as he thought, it was where another bed, and another gem lay. It must mean that each gem is another set of stairs, and with another set of stairs, a way to get out of this room of white.

?Zero, I know you were just born, and hatching from that egg must have made you tired, but could you come with me to wherever this stairs lead when we get out of here??

Overjoyed, Zero leaped upon his partner?s shoulder, smiling as he said ?Of course Leon! We are partners after all!?

With a smile, Leon looked at the room and spoke ?Um? hey guys, I uh? think we need to touch the gems above our beds to get out of here.?

 

[EmperorZuma]

"Lemme see, lemme see!" Core showed no interest in his surroundings, seemingly focused on peeking at what Richard wrote in his notebook. He appeared to grow frustrated, as instead of continuing to bounce all around the panicked boy, the Sunmon started to bounce on his head.

This has to be a nightmare, this has to be... Richard thought to himself even though the pain he felt on his back spoke otherwise. Combined with the stresses of being surrounded by strangers and the hollow feeling of being completely lost, Richard reached a boiling point. "Will. You. STOP IT?!?!" The boy quickly unfurled from his folded ball position, and open hand ready to smack Core away from him.

However, at that same moment, Core was still rising from his last jump, putting him out of the teenager's immediate grasp. Richard, so desperate to hit something, jumped up from his bed with the intention to spike the overactive ball into the ground. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who's side you were on), Richard miscalculated and went too high, his hand smacking the slightly-sparkling Emerald above his bed.

Once his hand met with the gem, the room rumbled once more, giving Richard pause as he landed on the bed. Heart pounding, Richard reached for his notebook again, snatching it out from under Core. With a pencil in hand, the boy hastily scribbled a new entry:

I'm in hell

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Akesha blinked, realizing she wasn't the only one here. Carefully taking Puwamon in her arms, she turned to face the others.

She heard one of them mentioning touching a gem over their bed, and sure enough, there was what looked like an amethyst above the bed. Mystified, she reached out to touch it.

 

[Paddin]

As the room rumbled, Jason gripped the bed tightly as he closed his eyes in disbelief. This is just one big nightmare, and I can't wake up. As much as he wanted to believe in that he knew what he was feeling wasn't a dream, it was too... real. After the rumbling subsided, he didn't relinquish his grip on the bed nor open his eyes, stuck to the spot as his mind tried to make sense of anything.

"Are you okay sir?"

The squeaky voice had a touch of concern in it. Opening his eyes, he could see the flying puff ball watching him, worry in his eyes.

"Yeah I'm... fine." Jason halted as he realised what he was doing. He was talking to it! He was officially crazy!

"Um... hey guys, I uh... think we need to touch the gems above our beds to get out of here."

A young man spoke from across the room. Turning to see, Jason saw he also had a monster with him, but he seemed to be friendly with his. Was he in a nuthouse? Was this just a group hallucination? As his eyes wandered back to his bed, he saw that the young man was right about one thing. An enormous topaz was above his bed. He let out a low whistle. That thing must be worth tonnes.

Standing up and ignoring the erratic flapping coming from the inquisitive monster, he walked closer to the gem. It seemed real. What was it the young man had said? Touch the gem?

"Why the hell not?" Jason said, voiced laced with sarcasm as he placed his palm on the gem.

As he made contact, the gem flashed with a bright light as the room recommenced rumbling. Grimacing as he covered his eyes, he turned to see that the young man seemed to be standing by an opening he hadn't seen before. It was time to escape this place. Jason almost ran across the room, desperate to get out as soon as possible.

"Wait for me sir!" The squeaky voice rang out behind him. Jason ignored it.

Reaching up to the young man, he stopped in front of him and opened his mouth. Unsure of what to say, he remained in silence for a moment before closing his mouth.

"Do you have any idea where we are?"

 

[Brad Shepard]

"No I dont, im just as confused as you are." Leon said, floding his arms as he pushed his back against the wall, his partner sitting on his shoulder.

"What i know is that these things, these Digimon are not our enemies, at least, not the ones in this room, they seem to want to help us, like that little guy behind you. The name is Leon by the way, You are Jason right? Ive seen you around town." he said, offering his hand.

"What are you doing Leon?" Zero asked, tilting his head/body to the side like a dog that has heard a strange noise.

"Its a gesture from our world Zero, its like saying Hello.

"Ohhhh! i get it!"

"See? They are not bad, just curious."

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Akesha turned to the others, still holding the struggling Pinamon. Maybe together they could figure out where they were...

"I'm Akesha, and this is Pinamon, who are you?"

 

[CJ1145]

"Uh... I'm Dirk," said the boy twin, pointing at himself.

"Daria," said his sister, meekly waving at the others. Her brother suddenly shifted, making a disgusted face as something wriggled up his back. The black little creature came to rest on his shoulder, its big orb eyes blankly staring at the others.

"And I guess this thing is... Botamon."

"Hello!"

The twins shared a look and shrugged, checking their beds. Sure enough, above one was a black onyx stone, and above the other a white pearl. Touching the stones, they heard the room shifting as more stairs opened up. After alerting the others that their work was done, they moved towards the edge of the room and huddled up, speaking in hushed whispers.

"Daria, I don't like this. This whole place is giving me serious creeps."

"I dunno, I think this is kinda cool! Who knows where we are?"

"Exactly my point. How do we know this isn't some kind of set-up?"

"Seems like a lot of effort for something that simple," said Daria with a confused frown.

"Maybe so, but we have no idea what's going on here. If we need these people's help, fine, but I say we split after that."

"Why? They're in the same situation we are."

"We don't know that! They might be in on it."

"In on what?"

"If it helps," said Botamon, crawling up on Daria's shoulder. "I think we can trust them!" Dirk narrowed his eyes and pointed at the little creature.

"You keep quiet until we figure this out. You don't make any sense. You should not be."

Daria broke the huddle, shrugging as she walked out towards the center of the room. "You can do whatever, but I'm sticking with these guys. This sounds fun!"

Dirk, however much he didn't like it, quickly followed her, muttering quietly to himself.

 

[Paddin]

Jason looked down at the offered hand and gruffly shook it.

"Yeah, my name's Jason. Leon? You look familiar..."

Turning and seeing his little follower was still present, he shook his head.

"I don't know what a digimon is or why I'm here, but we should get out of here and try and get home. I want to understand what has happened."

Turning and nodding in acknowledgment to each newcomer, he saw each of them had one of the little monsters as well. They all had seemed to be sucked out of the blue and dumped in this fake heaven, trapped without an exit.

Turning and eyeing his follower suspiciously, Jason hesitated before continuing.

"You weren't planning to... eat us, were you?"

The floating monster looked horrified.

"N-no sir! I'm here to help you!"

"Help me? With what?"

"With anything, sir!"

Jason sighed and ran his hand through his hair. This was going to be stressful.

"Well, do you have a name?"

"Private Petitmon, sir!"

What sort of a name was that? Jason thought as he looked around the room.

"Well, Privatepetitmon, find me a way out of here."

The floating ball immediately set off, circling the room with joyful bobbing. After circuiting the room twice it flew down the newly formed staircase, clearly enjoying the new adventure it was entrusted with.

Turning back to the group, Jason focused his attention back on the other monsters the people had.

"Are you guys sure those things are safe? They look like some sort of laboratory experiment gone wrong."

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Gems above the beds opening passages? Strange Jellyfish that can talk? Bunch of people all in a clear white room? This can only mean one thing, Jay thought, Someone dropped some mushrooms into the water supply or something and now I am hallucinating. Or maybe I'm asleep or unconscious! Any minute now I will come to and then someone will explain all of this with a simple 'It was all a-'

"Hey, are you dreaming?" Poyomon said and flew up to his face. Jay fell backwards onto the bed in suprise.

"Gah!" Jay screamed, "Don't do that, I was thinking!"

"Well stop that. You look weird when you do." Poyomon flew closer to him and sat on his chest, or maybe stood on his chest. It was hard to tell with a colour-less blob. "Didn't he say we should touch the gems to get-"

"Yes yes yes, I know!" Jay interrupted, and pushed the blob off his chest and back into the air, where he span for a little bit, ending up dizzy. Jay paid no mind and instead stared at his gem. A giant diamond, shining bright. If Jay brought this back to the real world and sold it, he'd probably not have to work for a long time. Still, all he had to do was touch it. Jay reached out and touched it, where, like the others it shone bright and the room once again rumbled as a wall opened, exposing a staircase. "Just like magic..."

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Attempting to make sense of what was going on was beginning to make Travis' head hurt. He'd been in weird situations before, but this by far took the cake. Deciding to roll with it for the time being, he placed one fist to his cheek and sharply applied pressure, cracking his neck rather audibly. Loosening up, he noticed that Relemon was still staring happily up at him, not understanding the vulgarity he spat out as a first impression. It's certainly...cute, I guess, Travis thought to himself.

Now growing bored, he turned to see the rest of the group and their monsters gathering near a previously unseen staircase. Overhearing the conversation slightly, apparently there were gemstones located above their beds? And they were the key to getting out of here simply through contact? Travis looked over his own bed to only just now notice a large, radiant, sapphire glistening against the sterile white wall. All of the others appeared to have their own unique variations of crystal as well. It was almost as if...

No, that was ridiculous. They couldn't have been destined to come here. That kind of thing just didn't exist in the world anymore. Nowadays people forged their own fates. There wasn't any higher power pulling the strings here. Feeling his head throb again, Travis stopped thinking about it and awkwardly climbed across his bedspread to reach the sapphire above the headboard. Relemon turned to watch, saying nothing but curious nonetheless. The small Digimon's fluffy tail swished back and forth slowly as it watched its new partner with genuine interest. Travis could feel its eyes on him and looked back over his shoulder, forming a weak smile at the little creature, slightly nervously.

Doing nothing for the moment but staring at his own broken reflection in the sapphire's surface, Travis brought his right hand up, curled it into a fist, and pressed hard with the outer surface of his palm. The crystal was cold to the touch, unsurprisingly. A low rumble resonated up through the wall and back toward the staircase the others were gathered around as he removed his hand from the sapphire. Climbing off of the bed, he turned to Relemon once more.

"So...we're "partners" now? Alright, whatever you say, fluffy. What say you and I go see what the commotion is about over there?"

Relemon perked up upon hearing this with adorable innocence.

"Ok! Will you carry me?"

"Sure."

Extending his arm, Relemon hopped off of the column and into his outstretched hand. Bringing it close and cradling it like some kind of newborn puppy, Travis looked down to meet Relemon's gaze for the 3rd time in the past few moments. Whatever this thing was, it was his ticket to getting out of this place. That, and the others who had activated their crystals as well. Travis left his bedside and walked on over to where they were gathered, making sure his skateboard was secure. Coming up right behind and perhaps far too close for comfort to the set of twins, Travis introduced himself, as well as his precious cargo.

"Hey. You all seem to know what is going on? At least more than I do? My name's Travis. This little yellow...thing is Relemon. I didn't choose that name, it did. Anybody know how to get out of here? Or where here is, for that matter?"

Relemon wanted to interject at the notion of being called a "thing," but didn't quite understand the connotations in its simple-mindedness. It merely looked to and fro at the various new faces and Digimon, eager to get to know them further.

"Nice to meet you all!"

 

[EmperorZuma]

Richard scribbled more sparse notes in his book, mainly trying to build a story that, he thought, might jumpstart his memory. Core, finally taking the hint, just sat on the bed quietly as Richard wrote and the other people activated their gems.

Eventually, as the people looked like they were beginning to leave, Core spoke up, slightly startling Richard. "Hey, it looks like they're getting ready to leave."

Richard, after taking a breath to recover from the minor shock, decided it would be easier to respond to the strange-looking, talking ball by not looking at it. "Doesn't matter, need to think, need to remember which way I came so I can leave."

"What if they're going the same way? Isn't it better to travel together?" Core found it hard to understand this person he found himself partnered with. While he couldn't tell what their differences were, beyond the obvious, Core just felt like something as...off.

Richard looked up from his writing and finally took a good look at those he had woken with. These people, they're... Richard remembered his stories, several pieces of several different ones, all of them dealing with the idea of fate. "...familiar."

"Good!" Core got some of his energy back as he saw he was making progress. "Then we should go with them, we can trust people we know!"

But I don't know them...I just think... Richard rubbed his temples as he was starting to lose himself. "Fine." The boy hopped off the bed and slowly approached the group, Core bouncing alongside, knowing better than to ask for a ride. When they both got close to the others, Richard did nothing to attract attention, deciding instead to just be the silent follower.

 

[Brad Shepard]

With the gems touched, Leon looked though the corridor to see if his theory was right, and as the last staircase shifted into place, a large beam of light shined, illuminating the stairs. Zero and Leon looked at each other, a smile crossed both of there faces. He then turned to look at the rest of the group, it would seem they are socializing, Moreso after he started to talk to Jason. He decided to take this chance and explore ahead for a second.

Walking up stairs, Zero shoulder adjacent, looked around the room. Like the room before it, it was pure white, but there where two very different things about this one, the first was the most obvious, an exit. One large, giant arch leading to the outside world, and the other was a fountain like object sitting in the middle of the room, shooting a beam of light into the sky, it was octagon shaped, all joining above into a point the size of a pen, shooting light above them to some unknown location, but the curious thing was that on each side there was a gem, just like in the bedroom. As he examined the room the others joined him, each seeing the stone as well, it would seem.

"They look the same as the ones down there, just smaller." Zero said, hopping down from his partner's shoulder and looking at the gem. "Maybe touching it will do something too?"

"That's a good idea Zero, im willing to give it a shot." Leon agreed, looking at the gem, with no fear, he pressed his palm to the garnet, and yet again, a blazing light shined over the room. Once again, he shielded his eyes with his hands.

As the light faded, the young man opened his eyes only to see two very... unusual sights.

The first was that the very Garnet he touched was now sunken into his right hand. He felt no pain nor is he bleeding, it is just... there. This would be enough to freak anyone out, but the 2nd sight manage to do even worse.

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"WAAAAAA! W...WHO ARE YOU?!" Leon yelled, falling back on his ass and pushing himself away from the furry dragon that stood before him.

"Leon? What are you talking about? Its me, Zero, i just... have seem to Digivolve, how odd..." the dragon said, walking over to the human. With shaking hand, Leon reached his hand over to the creature and put his hand on his head, his fur still felt like how the tiny Zero's fur felt, and even more odd, the garnet in his right head looked exactly like the gem in Zero's head, there was no way this was a coincidence.

Z...Zero? What is going on? You guys transform?" He asked, pushing himself up off the ground, dusting off his black pants, seeing if his set of goggles in his pocket where not broken, and making sure his jacket was not torn as well. Zero looked at his own body as well, surprised he was in a new form.

"Yea, its called digivolution, all Digimon can do it, I am now in my rookie form, its called Dorumon, but I am still me, I will always be Zero." the dragonoid responded.

'What a sight..." Leon thought, looking at his partners new form, it was amazing, before he was the size of a bowling ball at most, now, he stands chest high to him, a man of almost 6 foot, with purple fur, piercing yellow eyes, and even tiny little bat wings. And this is his rookie form? He had to wonder to himself if he would change into any other forms.

Then it dawned on him, once again, there where 7 other people and 6 other digimon in the room, who, much to his embarrassment, saw every single bit of his freak out. As he hid his hand with the Garnet in it form the others, he wondered, if the others saw it, let alone would they touch there gems, and if it would have the same effect on there partners.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Akesha followed the others into another room that apparently lead outside. "Wow..."

Suddenly, there was a flash of light, followed by a startled yelp from as one of the others of the creatures changed from a small fluffy ball to what could only be described as a furry purple dragon.

Despite herself, Akesha couldn't help but stare, and not just because the dragon's partner was freaking out.

Suddenly, Pinamon begin struggling in her arms. "Hey, wha the matter?" Pinamon said nothing, finally managing to escape her grip and hop over to a section of the wall with an amethyst in it. "You want me to touch that?' Nod. "Well, okay..."

Akesha reached out to touch the stone, leading to another bright flash of light. When it cleared, not only was the stone now embedded in her hand (which was freaky in of itself), but Pinamon had now taken the form of what looked like a dark gray and red owl in a purple ninja vest.

The newly-transformed Pinamon took to the air, stretching as he did. "...That feels better."

Akesha's mouth fell open. "...Pinamon."

"It's Falcomon now." the bird said simply.

 

[Paddin]

Jason got no reply to his question, clearly the others were just as dazed as he was. As Leon walked down the staircase, the familiar monster flied back up over his head.

"I found it! The way out!"

"Alright, no need to make a racket." Jason was beginning to find Privatepetitmon's enthusiasm a tad irritating. He was confused and bewildered and having this creature act like a newborn puppy was beginning to get on his nerves.

Following Leon, he walked down the stairs into the next room, similar but with a fountain and, most importantly, an exit. Keeping his eyes on it, he began to walk towards it when he heard a yell. Startled, he spun around and saw a giant, furry, purple dinosaur standing in front of Leon.

Jason panicked and was frozen to the spot. Where did it come from? What in the world was going on here? All he knew is that thing had claws and teeth that could be fatal, and he didn't know if he was the next meal after Leon. Before he could react, his follower piped up.

"Don't worry sir, that's just Leon's partner. He won't hurt you!"

"You're telling me not to worry about a nightmare Barney the Dinosaur? That thing could eat me!"

"He wouldn't eat you, I'm sure he's full!"

What a relief. Leon seemed to be engaged in friendly conversation with the monster. Was he utterly mad? If a dinosaur appeared next to him, he wouldn't engage it in gossip. Turning and nearly running towards the exit, Jason was determined to escape this hellhole.

"No, sir! Don't!"

Jason paused, shooting the furball an annoyed glance.

"Now what?"

"You can't go until you've touched your gem, sir!"

"I did! It nearly blinded me!"

"No sir, the one on the fountain!"

How many damn gems would he have to touch to get out of here? Jason wasn't sure if the furball was threatening him or not.

If that thing is friends with the dinosaur, I'm not taking any chances. Sullenly crossing back across the room, he examined the fountain in more detail. There was more gems encrusted across it, similar to the ones above the bed, but smaller. Searching briefly, he found the small bright blue topaz midway up the fountain. Jason sighed and accepted his fate as he placed his palm against the gem.

Another flashed temporarily blinded him. What is with all these damn flashes?! Jason grimaced as he covered his face. Once he lowered his arm, he saw the gem was gone from the fountain. Curious. He looked around the fountain, hoping to find the moving gem until he noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

The gem was in his left hand. In. His hand. As in, embedded in the palm of his hand. His jaw dropped as he touched it with his other hand. Yup, stuck right in there. He tried removing it, but to no avail. Why was there no pain? How did this happen?

"What in all hell is going on here?!"

"Why, what happened, sir?" The voice was undoubtedly the flying pipsqueak but yet was deeper. His curiousity piqued, Jason tore his eyes away from one unbelievable horror to the next.

In front of him stood a waist high dinosaur in military clothing, complete with a helmet, jacket and camouflage. It had large teeth, large claws, large cyborg boots and was standing directly in front of him.

Jason silently fell backwards in to the fountain with a splash. He was too surprised to do anything other than gawp at the monster stood in front of him.

"Are you okay sir?"

"p...p... Privatepetitmon...?"

"Not anymore sir. Private Commandramon reporting for duty, sir!"

Jason sat, struck dumb, as he tried to process this information. It seemed to him that where ever he was, there were no laws of nature and everything was going mad. As he tried to think of something to respond with, his eyes drifted down to the object in Commandramon's hands.

"... Is that a f**king gun?!"

 

[EmperorZuma]

Richard was satisfied with his observations, and took the initiative upon himself to proceed. Anything to get out of this madhouse. With a swipe of his hand, Richard let the Emerald sink itself in his hand, his eyes already closed in preparation for Core's expected transformation.

Turning around to see what his partner had become, Richard could have sworn he heard Core say something while Richard's eyes were closed, but he couldn't make it out. Regardless, Core had certainly transformed, the spiky ball turning into a lion cub with red fur, and now had two flames: one on his forehead and another on his tail. Richard felt his hand drawn back to his notebook, but resisted the urge. "What are you now?"

Core smiled as he bounced on his feet, not gaining as much relative height as he had when he was a Sunmon, but easily cleared his human partner's height. "Heh, I'm Coronamon now!"

Richard couldn't resist it anymore, and finally retrieved his notebook.

Change in central theme after this "digivolution". Note: look for common motifs.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Much like Jason's, Travis' questions fell on deaf ears. Alright then, Travis thought to himself. More silent types who would rather hang back than be social, great. Remaining where he was in the huddle with Relemon, Travis watched as quite a few members of their harem traversed the new staircase into the next room. Seeing this opportunity and rather sick of the silence, Travis rather rudely pushed himself forward in-between Dirk and Daria, toward the stairs.

"'Scuse me," Travis said rather flatly. Relemon only squeaked as this transpired, having not been expecting it in enough time to object. The tiny creature only buried its face in Travis' torso to avoid the awkward confrontation.

In the back of his mind, Travis knew that he should probably be nicer to these people, as there was no way of knowing if that staircase actually led anywhere. They could be stuck in this sterile-white purgatory for a very long time, forced into each others company. However, there had always been that driving force behind Travis' psyche: if he saw something, be that an opportunity or an object, he would stop at nothing to achieve or obtain it, no matter who or what stood in his way. It was a bold, but sometimes harsh view on life that had gotten him this far.

A fat lot of good that seemed now.

Ascending quickly up the stairs, Relemon bouncing slightly in his arms with every step, Travis took in the sight of this second room. Leon, Jason, Akesha, and Richard were all nearby, gathering haphazardly near a rather large fountain in the center of (sigh) another pukingly-pure white room. All of their creatures seemed to have transformed, it looked like. There was a purple dinosaur...thing with a red jewel in its head, a camo-patterned blue raptor with a freaking M-16 assault rifle, a humanoid bird dressed in ninja-garb, and a cat-like creature with its head and tail literally on fire. A throb from Travis' temple reminded him to keep disregarding logic in this situation.

While he was certainly wary of the now larger creatures in the room, their human counterparts seemed content enough to be around them. Well good for them, Travis thought once more. First chance I get, I'm out of this drug-induced nightmare.

Sweeping the room, Travis saw what he was looking for: a large gateway leading seemingly outside. There was natural light pouring in the room from the other side, so where else could it lead? Anywhere was better than here. You guys can keep your weird-ass creatures, I'm out of here. Making sure his backpack and skateboard were secure, Travis began briskly making his way for the archway, leaving the group in the dust. A small voice from his arms startled him as he did so.

"Hey, where are you going?! Didn't you see Zero, Petitmon, Core, and Pinamon over there? They Digivolved! I want to Digivolve, too! Go over to the fountain and see how they did it! You can't leave yet!!"

Travis ignored the throbbing on either side of his forehead.

"The hell I can't, I'm getting out of here. Sorry, but you've clearly got the wrong-ass guy here."

"You know, I was trying to be nice earlier, what with you being new to this whole world and all, but you're being a real jerk. How could you behave like that in front of those other two humans? And what's with those bad words you keep using? Are you trying to be tough? Now unless you want things to end up bad for the both of us, you'll turn around and go back to the fountain right now!"

"F*ck that," Travis said rather curtly. He was about ready to cut his losses and drop the fuzzball right then and there had it not been for what happened next.

"Henshin!"[footnote]Henshin (lit. "Transformation"): Transforms into anything of a similar size, though it can't conceal its tail.[/footnote] bellowed Relemon, a rather sour tone to its voice. There was a sudden *poof* of yellow-white smoke the moment Relemon finished its proclamation.

Suddenly, it felt like Relemon weighed 200 pounds. Travis quickly lost his balance and toppled forward, clutching onto Relemon's suddenly not-so furry form for dear life. There was a loud metallic *clang* as Travis hit the ground hard with Relemon. Composing himself, he opened his eyes. Relemon had turned into an anvil to stop him from moving any further, like the kind you would see in those old cartoons. Its angry little eyes glared back at Travis from the flat surface of the anvil he was facing, with only its fluffy tail sticking out the backside. With another *poof the anvil disappeared and there was Relemon's familiar form, truly angry now, at least in its facial expression.

Travis got to his feet, continuing to clutch Relemon. He was beginning to understand the extent of what was going on, at least only partially. It was obvious enough these weren't normal creatures, but he didn't know they were going to have freaky powers, too. Relemon said nothing more, only gestured with her "face" toward the fountain, tail bristled like an angry house cat. Reluctantly, Travis turned around and slowly made his way back to the fountain, side-stepping the others and their Digimon, now all-the-more fearful of what they could do, after what he just experienced.

Seeing as how the others were gravitating around this particular area of the fountain, its clear water running peacefully, Travis located the reason they did so: there were some more gemstones here. Unlike those back in the bed room, these were smaller, triangular-cut variations of the much larger ones previously seen and touched. Guessing that he was supposed to located the sapphire he had touched earlier, he found the deep-blue gem amongst the others. Unsure of what to do next, he merely reached for the sapphire, much to the anticipation of Relemon, who was eying the crystal intently. The moment Travis' hand touched the sapphire, there was a bright flash of light.

Dazed, but unhurt, Travis blinked quite a few times as his vision returned. Relemon was no longer in his arms, for some reason, and Travis took this for granted. Maybe now I can get out of her-. Travis froze mid-thought as he looked at his right hand. The sapphire. Something had indeed happened when he touched it: namely, it had imbedded itself into the skin on the back of his palm. Shaking his hand in a vain attempt to get the thing off, Travis sighed at the lack of result. It was weird, but hey, at least now he might have some money coming to him.

Shifting his backpack again, Travis hurried toward the archway once more. Now that Relemon wasn't there to stop him, he should have a straight shot to the-

*OOF*

Bouncing slightly off of something soft and fuzzy, yet hard as a rock, Travis stumbled backward, dazed yet again. Swearing under his breath, having forgotten about the other Digimon in the room changing shape, most like due to their "partners" touching their crystals, Travis winced as he opened his eyes.

"I thought you might try that again. We're in this together, so you are going to stay here. Clear?"

Travis gulped as he nodded. That voice, it was unmistakable Relemon, but the tone was...different. More stern, yet feminine. A nervous cough escaped his lips. Damn it, Travis swore again.

"R-Relemon...?" The creature in front of him only shook its head in response.

"My name is Renamon now. Our names change when we Digivolve. You'll understand that more clearly in due time. Until then, sit down."

Giving up, Travis did so; staring at the ground in slight shock.