2896/Attention Shoppers!

Attention Shoppers!
Date of Scene:	25 August 2015
Location:	Urbania
Synopsis:	A Gottsumon and Pumpmon joyride around the Terlawk Mall, only to be stopped by denizens of the Multiverse. And then the real trouble starts.
Cast of Characters:	Kirito, 136, 686, 782

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Golden (782) has posed:
    THE SUNNY TERLAWK MALL. No Apocalypse Cows today, and the mall is packed with shoppers of all ages! Children, teenagers, young adults, mothers, fathers, and grandparents are here today, and as usual for such things, there is _no parking_ anywhere close to the mall's entrances. And the place is packed with people, all looking for mass consumer goods.
    Except for one long stretch of the mall, where people are diving out of the way as they realize what the high-pitched puttering sound means and the shouts of mall cops on segways following behind mean. On the high-powered Vespa scooter are two strange humanoid figures about the size of a small child, both of which seem to be wearing Halloween costumes. One has a body suit presumably made of a burlap material stitched together roughly with mitteny paws for hands, and a bright orange jack-o-lantern with an axe embedded in it with glowing yellow dots in the eyes, the mouth carved in a wide gaping grin with trianglur 'teeth' and a ragged green cloak thrown about its neck. The other looks to be made of rocks, with golden eyes peering out from recessed eye-sockets, also grinning like a loon as they speed through the mall's galleries.
    (Pumpmon: http://wikimon.net/Pumpmon)
    (Gottsumon: http://wikimon.net/Gottsumon)

Rarity (136) has posed:
And shoppers of all species as well!

By this point people have gotten use to seeing Ponies in places other than Equestria and rarely stared at. So it probably means people are staring instead at the large designer summer hat Rarity is wearing while she's in a checkout line. Some odds and ends for work, some things for her own projects, and one of those cheezy Mr. Microphones that changes your voice when you talk in it. That should amuse Sweetie Belle and her friends as a present for not bringing her with. It's all loaded up in what must be Saddle Bags of Holding before she finally heads out of the store.

Just in time for the cart to go speeding past. With a small yeep she grabs her hat with one hoof to keep it from being whipped off. "How rude!"

Kirito has posed:
    Kirito didn't come here to shop. He was out on patrol when he heard the really REALLY weird announcement come across his Union PDA. ON patrol as in, flying high above the city idly and using the free time to think with the Multiverse rolling along beneath him...

    After a few moments of confounded blinking the Spriggan warrior detours down towards the mall and heads on in. He doesn't appear armed, but he IS dressed in a thick black outfit that looks right out of an action movie from fantasyland, the kind that's easily as quality as a bulletproof vest.

    He can easily locate where the commotion is because it's where others are running away FROM. This means that Kirito crosses the distance with lots of huge leaps until he finally ends up within sight of Rarity and the two lunatic troublemakers.

    He promptly makes a face at the latter. Utter, comical disbelief.

    What the hell is he even looking at?

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
Thankfully Gakupo didn't have to worry about parking. He was supposed to be here, not as a shopper, but as entertainment! A game shop in the mall has started to stock a video game that his parent company made, so he gets to promote it. With probably the last song that he should be using to promote it. But hey, the people listening seem to like it anyway.

    Even if I'm tired, get to the next stage! (RMT...tt...RMT...)
    Swinging a pole, depraved, at everything at life,
    Teach us that taboos are rules (mm...MPK...mm...PK)
    And about the times confused with a thousand years ago...

The scooter goes whizzing past him where he's performing outside the game store, forcing him to jump back or risk being hit. "What the... HEY!" He steps forward again, raising a fist to shake it in the air. "Be careful, you're going to hurt somebody like that!" Yeah he has no idea what's going on either.

Golden (782) has posed:
    YOINK. The gottsumon manages to snatch a makeup kit from one of Rarity's satchels and opens it up with delight, applying the blush, eyeliner, and lipstick as they whizz through the galleria. "Hey Jake, look at me! I'm one of those models on the billboard!" Yes, the gottsumon looks every bit as ridiculous as one would imagine a graveley sounding rock kid to be wearing heavy and badly applied makeup.
    Jake the Pumpmon glances back at the gottsumon, chortling. "Ahahaha! Oh man, that's great Ellis! Wait, watch this!" And the mitten-like hand reaches out as they come across Gakupo Kamui, snatching the microphone from the elaborately dressed man. There's a feedback squeal before the Pumpmon's falsely lowered voice blares from the speakers in front of the gameshop that Kamui was promoting at. "ATTENTION SHOPPERS. THERE'S A BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL ON CRUSTY UNDERWEAR. MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY!" And the mike is chucked aside as the pair laugh it up.
    The mall cops seem pretty irate, chasing after the pair on segways, weaving in and out of shoppers that are just trying to flee. A few misjudge their swerves and crash themselves into benches, carts, and planters like alien aerospace fighters crashing into canyon walls or large desert rocks. The lead cop is on the bullhorn. "SHOPPERS, PLEASE REMAIN CALM. PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY EXIT FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY." Kirito is perfectly right to feel intense disbelief at the extremely ludicrous scene at the mall today, and a few of the security guards whiz by him at the maximum speed of 15 MPH on their scooters while he's disbelieving his eyes.

Rarity (136) has posed:
Rarity was about to just walk away after the passing, but notices the pumpkin-head messing with makeup. Turns her head to one side, and being as OCD as she can be at times, immeadiately notices the spot in a bag where it was suppose to be. "Why those little!" Rarity starts to give chase as well, but how is she ever going to catch up running? Not worrying about speed here. She IS a horse, after all.

But it would mean working up a sweat.

An answer comes as she rounds a corner, then skids to a stop as she spots a donut kiosk across the way and another mall cop having stopped for a crullier and coffee. Rarity runs over, and jumps on his parked ride. "Pardon mio, borrowing!"

And now there's also a prissy white unicorn on a 'borrowed' segway getting into the chase as well. How do you even work those handles with hooves, anywa.. oh right, unicorn, she's got magic.

Kirito has posed:
    After getting a basic idea of the nature of this mess and snapping himself out of that funk, Kirito decides his best course of action is to join the chase! And the moment he does... WHOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

    The Spriggan doesn't have his Sprinting skill MAXED OUT for nothing. He takes off like a sports car, quickly hitting several times the speed the segways can manage... and that's probably holding back!

    In fact, upon nearing the pair of troublemakers the boy launches himself towards the ceiling and continues to run UPSIDE DOWN for a good twenty meters before he kicks off the ground and goes skidding down to the ground in front of the two.

    "Sorry. The crazy train's about to make its final stop!"

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
"Hey! Bring that back you little brats!" Gakupo calls out as the microphone is snagged from his hand. Thankfully he wasn't using his headset mic-- if they'd stolen THAT, it would probably have broken something, given it's physically plugged into him when in use! Realizing that there was makeup stolen from the pony's bag makes Gakupo realize that the delinquents need to be stopped.

Rarity gets on a segway... and Gakupo does the same! Seems like a good idea at the time. His reflexes are faster than a human's, maybe it'll be all right. Zoom! Though Kirito probably zooms past them BOTH with his maxed-out sprinting! Still, Gakupo is on a segway, and he is chasing the delinquients!

Golden (782) has posed:
    Both Jake and Ellis shout loudly in alarm as they see a fast dude skid to a halt in front of them, the panicked Pumpmon trying to stop the Vespa as hard as he can. It slews to one side, skidding and sliding, and then /throws/ the two passengers into the decorative fountain behind Kirito before tumbling over three or four times and stopping, perfectly upright somehow and the kickstand out for it to lean on. Figures.
    Jake and Ellis come splashing out of the water at Kirito looking fierce but... They instead grovel at Kirito's feet, the water puddling around them and Kirito. "Oh man, please don't hurt us!" "We were just having fun! We didn't hurt anyone we swear!" "We're harmless digimon!" It's kind of hard to tell which of the two is saying what, what with the abject groveling and seemingly sincere repentance. There's time for the mall cops, Rarity, and Gakupo to catch up and take in the scene. The security officers brandish their pepper sprays and shout at the two digimon (still assuming they're delinquent children of some sort...) to surrender themselves.
    There's an electric hum in the background that abruptly rises in loudness and intensity, the lights flickering suddenly. Electronic devices of all sorts start acting up, showing meaningless symbols and static as their screens flicker and their speakers blaring out modem sounds.
    The small digimon look around and tremble even more. "Uh oh... something's coming..." says Ellis, trembling with fear. There's an awful moment of silence as the electronic disturbances stop and the shoppers and mall cops look around in bewilderment.
    Jake glances at his partner in crime, eyes wide in fear. The pregnant pause is broken when he asks "Do you think THEY'RE here?!"
    As if on cue, the overhead skylights along the galleria shatter in a rain of glass as two large round rabbit-like creatures with green and white fur wearing blue jeans crash downward, floppy ears trailing behind them as they bring their multi-barrel gun arms to bear, looking around for their quarry. One of them bellows. "EXILES, we know you're here. Show yourselves. You have thirty seconds to comply."
    (What the Galgomon look like: http://wikimon.net/Galgomon )

Rarity (136) has posed:
First someone manages to run past super-fast, using the ceiling. Then the runaway Vespa speeds by. Then the pack of mall cops. Then Rarity on her borrowed segway, and Gakupo following suit with the same. And then the cart wipes out, pitching it's troublermakers into the fountain!

And then the camera pans back to the resting bench they all passed, where a white pony with navy and pink curls is sitting with an mint colored unicorn who is for some reason sitting on her flank leaning back like a person would, slowly lowering the smoothie she was slurping from her mouth. "Isn't avoiding this sort of insanity the reason we took a holiday -away- from Ponyville?"

Overhead glass shatters as even more strange creatures drop into the mall.

Yet the white pony doesn't even look up from the ad shopper she's looking at. "Just ignore it, Lyra, and it will be done in like half an hour."

The shattering glass gets a yelp out of Rarity, but not before she's pulled a parasol out of her bag and opened it over her head. "I swear, you can't walk three steps without coming across trouble these days." Once the glass has stopped following she closes the parasol, only to point it in the direction of the two gun bunnies. "And thirty sections? Really? That is hardly enough time for someone to hear you, much less surrender! And by the way? Bandoliers are so three years ago for the macho look. About the only thing you did right was not try to were cameo print jeans with them!"

"HEY LAY OFF THE PANTS!" "Lyra I told you to ignore them..."

Kirito has posed:
    Kirito makes yet another face of disbelief at the site of two waterlogged Digimon - not that he's really sure what they are, but he knows actual kids couldn't possibly be it. Well, then they identify themselves. He immediately tenses a bit. "Digimon?" He knows their kind. And most of their kind seems to either be trouble or IN a lot of trouble.

    Cue his own avatar getting fuzzy and staticy. This apparently affects his vision because he claps a hand over his face and rubs his eyes. "What's happening?" Some kind of Digimon trick? But it's over quickly.

    Then the other Digimon drop in. With big guns. Kirito responds quickly. One of his hands starts tapping at a menu only he can see. The other points quickly at the gathered mall cops. "I'm Reserve Lieutenant Kirito of the UEF. This is way out of your league. Get out of here! Now!" There's desperation in his voice. Worry for their lives!

    Just on cue his gear appears. A black coat materializes around his body, followed by a pair of swords sheathed across his back. He draws ONE of them in a hurry, a black longsword. The other, a crystal-blue weapon of some sort, remains in its scabbard.

    Rarity also gets a rather worried look. He knows her - at least, of her - and has no idea if she can handle herself.

    A fierce gaze is aimed at the nearest Galgomon. "What do you want?"

    It's said in the toughest tone he can manage.

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
Ah, good. Gakupo breathes a sigh of relief when Kirito manages to catch the two delinquents. He catches up on the segway, and then looks to the two of them, folding his arms over his chest and looking cross. "You know you two might have hurt someone, zooming through the mall on that thing?" Yes, he's doing the 'upset father' routine.

And then suddenly... EMP. The lights in Gakupo's headset and on his bodysuit flicker, and his eyes visibly change from normal looking... to static. An unmodulated sound escapes as he tries to ask what's going on and can't force anything out beyond that. Fortunately it passes quickly, and Gakupo is able to function again.

Though when he can see again... he almost wishes he didn't! Suddenly the skylight collapses, and things drop in! Mutant bunnies? With guns for arms?! Fortunately Gakupo has a sword. The blade is drawn and the glass before him is slashed away before it can do ay damage to him. He's artificial anyway, it's not like he's going to bleed, right?

Kirito has the 'who are you and what do you want' angle covered. So he stands near the Black Swordsman's side to support in case this goes bad.

Golden (782) has posed:
    The security guards don't need to be told twice. They ain't getting paid enough for this, and they're scattering out of the way along with the crowds of shoppers, the ringing of emergency exit door alarms echoing throughout the galleria hall. The sound of panicked screams and crying mingle with the alarms and footfalls as the place begins clearing out in short order.
    One of the galgomon spares Rarity a glance. "Your approval is not required, tiny Unimon." It gestures with a gun arm at the two digimon, half-nodding towards its partner.
    The other one answers Kirito as it clomps over almost comically after its partner indicates where the Troublesome Two are 'hiding'. "We want the Exiles." It notices the weapon drawn and the menacing parasol, beady black eyes narrowing cautiously. "We do not wish any of you harm, but the Exiles must be exterminated to prevent them from causing further chaos."

Rarity (136) has posed:
"Whoa whoa whoooooooa." And despite the warning, and prehaps better sense, Rarity is right there in front of the two delinquants with her forelegs outstretch, as if it could somehow push the two gunbunnies away. "Whoa. Just... whoa."

Exiles, Exiles, why does that sound familiar? Was it something Duke mentioned when he's visited Equestria on occasion?

"These two may of been causing trouble, but extermination is a bit -harsh- of a reprimand for out of control joyriding."

Kirito has posed:
    "Are you two affiliated with Yggdrasil?" Kirito asks, voice still cold. He can't possibly sympathize with any group that would be targeting these two. They're troublemakers, but they'er SCARED AS SHIT.

Golden (782) has posed:
The galgomon look at Kirito with a mixture of distrust and surprise. "Yes. How do you know that name?"

Kirito has posed:
    "Because I've spoken with Beelzebumon." Kirito answers, brow furrowing intensely. "Your group wiped a whole world clean. And if it's like this--" WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!

    There's a rush of wind and suddenly Kirito's RIGHT UP in the face of his answerer. The black blade, Vox Unitas, is held against their neck. "Then I'm sending you back where you came from!"

    Some of the others here have seen Kirito. He's RARELY seemed this deeply pissed. That's probably not good.

Rarity (136) has posed:
And While Kirito is getting all up in their faces Rarity leeeeeans back towards Pumpmon and Gottsumon and whispers "Now might be a good time to -run and hide-."

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
Gakupo's brows draw down into a frown as he listens to the rabbit creatures. Exiles? He watches Rarity step in front of the two young-seeming Digimon. Those two? Exiles? For what? These people want to kill them? Why? "To kill a child... that is dishonorable," he states, moving to stand at Rarity's side. Possibly partially in front of her if she appears to need a 'tank'.

Nonetheless he is willing to listen. If there's a real reason these two are dangerous, then maybe it's a better idea. But not without convincing him first. Kirito seems to know something, though, and Gakupo waits, to hear what they have to say. He's about to ask what their crime was... when suddenly Kirito is attacking?!

Well, that's left any diplomacy off. Then again... they destroyed an entire world? Then it's possible these two young ones haven't done anything. Maybe they just ARE something that their world disapproves of. Well, Gakupo's not going to let that happen. He doesn't attack just yet, but he takes up a position to protect the two Digimon should they choose to retreat. He's going to have to just trust Kirito knows what's best.

Golden (782) has posed:
    Jake uhhs dumbly at Rarity as things start escalating quickly. "You guys are gonna stick up for us after all the trouble we caused?" he asks incredulously of Rarity. People are willing to protect them from the Chosen's hunters? He feels moved! And compelled to at least give them a helping hand before he hauls Ellis' stony behind out of here. He suddenly waves his stubby arms and shouts "Trick or treat!" An a giant pumpkin appears out of nowhere above the galgomon that Kirito isn't menacing, smashing into the holy beast digimon's head with a hollow thump and getting stuck there. There's some flailing and confusion as a consequence from the galgomon as Jake grabs Ellis' hand and hauls butt towards one of the still-ringing emergency exits.
    "Thanks you guys! Call us if you need some help! And good luck with the gun-bunnies!" Ellis calls out as he's stumbling towards the exit.

    The galgomon that Kirito is sticking up shifts its bulk suddenly, shouting "DUM DUM UPPER!" as its gatling gunarm comes up from under in an uppercut maneuver. Given the differences in reaction times and speed though, Kirito almost certainly has the digimon dead to rights even though galgomon are not nearly as slow as they look.
    The other one is struggling with the enormous pumpkin that is obscuring everything but its legs, breaking its tough guy image by asking who turned out the lights and complaining about not being able to see anything. A prime target for somebody to inconvenience.

Rarity (136) has posed:
Rarity lets out a soft sigh. Not at the two Digimon, who are thankfully running. It's at realizing what other sacrifices she's going to have to make to save the way.

"I was saving this for winter, but..." A flicker of magic and Rarity pulls a scarf out of one of her bags. A... very long scarf. Which she whips at the pumpkin'd Galgomon's legs to tangle them up and farther debilitate his mobility, "it much more suits you for next -fall-."

Followed by a pause, and Rarity makes a face at what she just said, muttering something akin to "I've been around Pinkie Pie too much" under her breath.

Kirito has posed:
    Kirito COULD get pretty lethal here, but he doesn't. Instead he swerves his body outta the way at lightning speed and slams his blade against the offending gunarm, knocking it off target. He then uses this opening to duck down under the Galgomon's guard and drive an elbow towards his side with a startling degree of strength!

    "How can you hit ANYTHING with that speed?!"

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
"Compassion and righteousness," Gakupo replies to Jake's incredulously. "This is not justice, it is murder." That's all he can get out before they wisely start to run. But it's true. And as they leave, Gakupo places himself between the rabbit Digimon and the 'holy' Digimon, so they can't pursue the escaping Digimon.

Though when Rarity entangles the be-pumpkin'd Digimon's legs, Gakupo sees an opportunity to attack. He suddenly surges forward in a shoulder charge, hoping to topple the Galgomon onto its back. He doesn't go for a lethal attack here, no. His opponent cannot see him; to strike the Galgomon now would be dishonorable.

Golden (782) has posed:
    The galgomon sense they're more than a bit outclassed by these strange new beings. They'd been told by their superiors to expect interference from non-digimon, but they are surprised to see that there are non-digimon with supernal abilities like Kirito's, Gakupo's, and even Rarity. Their arrogance and inexperience play into their fall here.
    Which is not to say they die, but they are certainly not going to stick around. The galgomon Kirito battered hits the ground and oofs, definitely not getting the better of that exchange. Its partner is comically incapacitated as it tries to right itself, legs flailing from the bottom of the great gourd, rolling about helplessly on its back, screaming about how dark it is and how it wants /out/. It may also be admitting its fear of small enclosed spaces.
    The other galgomon picks itself up carefully. "Fine. You've all won. Let me free my partner." it says, gesturing with a three-pronged 'hand' at the struggling galgomon.

Rarity (136) has posed:
The others will make sure they actually leave, right? Meanwhile Rarity slips out for the emergency exit herself so she can make sure people got out safely.

Kirito has posed:
    Kirito backflips away from the humiliated Galgomon and twirls his blade menacingly. The look in his eyes is pretty clear. If they try anything, he'll continue the assault. "Get out of here."

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
That's a call for surrender. Gakupo nods, and then turns to put the sword back into the sheath at his side. It's a practiced, skillful movement. Kirito seems to be in agreement, so he takes a step back. Where Kirito turns his back to the pair Gakupo does not. He's not, however, finished. "I want to know why... but now's not the time to ask. If I call for you on the broadband later, will you answer? Will you come to a neutral place and tell me why?"

Golden (782) has posed:
    The galgomon is freed from the preposterous pumpkin by its partner, who smashes it open with a few whacks of its gun arms.
    "It's not our place. If Yggdrasil wants to answer your questions, He will send a Royal Knight." The galgomon says as it helps its partner up. "If you're very unlucky, it will be Omegamon." It's trying to calm down and restrain the other galgomon, who clearly wants to pay Jake back for the humiliation of being gourd-bound.
    "No, another day. With more of us. Right now, homeward." It gestures upwards. The other one nods glumly before the two of them jump up through the holes in the skylight. Moments later, the electrical disturbances return, for about the same length of time.

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
"You can only expect more interference if you are unwilling to explain your motives," Gakupo points out as the pumpkin is being smashed. As the second Galgomon is freed and seems to be in a rage, Gakupo tenses again, sliding a foot back to prepare to defend himself. But the other of the two restrains his partner and leaves.

And as before, Gakupo experiences the same interruptions when that interference happens-- the lights on his headset and bodysuit flicker, and his eyes go to 'snow' like and old television set. A staticky hiss escapes his mouth, then a pop. And then when the interference stops, he straightens, and clears his throat. "...That's unpleasant."

Then he looks to Kirito, the severe expression leaving his face. He looks worried, in fact, his browd tilting upwards. "What... was that?" he asks. "Who were those creatures...?"

Kirito has posed:
    The vanishing of those Digimon causes Kirito's avatar to flicker and blink weirdly. He again looks ill, but only for a moment. Once they're gone he sighs. "At least they weren't arrogant..." And pretty reasonable. And not very good at tactics. Now he knows they'll be coming back!

    So he turns to answer Kamui... whilst twirling his blade around exerptly and slamming it back down into its scabbard along his back. "Digimon from Yggdrasil. Digimon are creatures from a digital world. I keep hearing lots of mixed information about them, but one thing I do know is one digital world was assaulted by a group named Yggdrasil. Razed to the ground. There's handfuls of survivors in the Multiverse and they're being hunted."

Gakupo Kamui (686) has posed:
Gakupo's eyes widen. "Razed to the ground?" he echoes. "Why would the survivors be hunted? Isn't it enough that they've lost everything?" Now he wants to know more than ever. He remembers something. "A group?" Looking the direction the Galgomon had left in, Gakupo notes, "That one said 'he', not 'they'." Pause, and Gakupo raises a hand to tap at his bottom lip in thought. "Maybe the leader's named Yggdrasil?"

Kirito has posed:
    "ooooho... you're right, they did." Kirito rubs his chin, now deep in thought. "We're probably best off tracking down Beelzebumon if we want the full story. He's kind of a jerk but I doubt he'd lie about something that big. Asking these two might help too."