1648/An Agreement

An Agreement
Date of Scene:	23 February 2015
Location:	The Eastern Ruins
Synopsis:	Lute gives Duke a bit of an assignment so that the Digimon can repay him for his 'kindness' and 'friendship'.
Cast of Characters:	188, Duke

---

Duke has posed:
Duke and Doran have call the Eastern Ruins home, yet as Duke has been told he needs to learn the world. He needs to explore.. and he needs to come to understand who are truly his friends. He knows without a doubt that Doran is, but what about these others?

They all give him great gifts and they all show him warm smiles, but something Alexis said that has also echoed Doran's own words, including some other things Alexis also pointed out. This means a dangerous, narrow line he'll have to walk if he is truly understand everyone around him.

Not this war perhaps, but the people within it. It is the people that truly matter, at least in his mind-- because it is the people who suffer in the end.

This leaves the Guilmon X sitting up on a ledge in crouched like manner. His claws digging into the rubble as he watches the road below. Looking for Lute to show up. His tail's tip gently taps the ground as he waits, including sniffing the air time to time.

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute, of course, shows up in style, flying in on the the back of Giratina. The gigantic dragon Pokemon lands in front of Duke. Lute climbs off rather effortlessly, and smiles at Duke. Another basket of food is with him, and he throws it over to Duke.

     "Hello, Duke. So. You wanted to see me?"

     His smile is rather calm. Though, at the moment? It's not the Smart Lute, it's the so called 'Stupid' Lute. Probably the main sign is that he just carries himself differently. A lot more relaxed.

Duke has posed:
Duke notes the differences in the personalities. Contrary to some beliefs-- Duke isn't stupid, that is hidden in his own gold eyes, but his nature tends to mask over a great deal of the inner individual. Top that with amnesia, and you got a bit of a mess.

The Guilmon X watches as the much larger dragon lands down and hops back a bit. He narrows his eye ridges until Lute tosses him the food, which he catches the basket with ease and smiles brightly, "Food!" He declares and goes to dig in, yet he pauses.

The Digimon watches Lutes behavior and hrms softly. His tail moves side to side. "So.. your other Lute?" He asks before, picking up the basket and sliding down the side to meet Lute more face on. He then sniffs at Lute, "..You don't smell much different then other Lute."

His gold eyes fixate on him for a moment, "But yes, Duke wanted to talk. It was about, um, deal. Other Lute wanted help, so Duke thought on it. Duke wanted to talk about that."

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute nods, smiling. Yeah, though he isn't the other Lute, he still knows what was going on. "Yeah, I don't smell any different. We share the same body, so of course it smells the same. It's like... Do you know what a coin is? We're like two sides of the same coin. We flip it, and whoever comes up on top, is the one in charge. ...Just to sum it up, really."

     A shrug.

     "But, yeah, even if I'm not the other Lute, I was still here when we talked. So. I know about that. What do you want to know about that, though? I can tell you whatever you want. I wanna be as open as possible, after all!"

Duke has posed:
The Digimon listens to what Lute has to say. Those gold eyes meet his, never seeming to look away this time. Lute may recognize the fact he isn't losing his attention this time from the memories of the other.

Duke then gives a nod, he plops down and looks through the basket as he speaks, "Lute wanted Duke's help and Duke wants to repay Lute for all the things Lute has done." He picks up a sandwich with his three claws, giving it a sniff. "So Duke willing to help Lute and his friends." NOMPH!

The Guilmon X takes a big bite out of the sandwich and starts to demolish that item like it was no other. It would seem child digimon have a bottomless pit when it comes to a stomach. As he digs around for something else he speaks up again. "But, Duke doesn't want to commit to one side or other. Duke doesn't understand where either stands and while Lute may not like Alexis, Duke does." He says with a firm nod.

"But, Duke needs to fight. Duke realized that in a spar. Fighting feels.." he looks up, "..good? Yes. Good. Duke enjoys fighting." he frowns a bit. "..allot.." he then goes to eat a bit more, licking his chops to clean off the crumbs off his muzzle.

"So Duke wants to work out deal where Duke helps Lute and friends, helps aid Lute's friends in battle, but if Duke decides Lute's friends and Lute is not.. really friends.." He looks at Lute about then, once more square in the eyes. "..Then Duke has freedom to walk away. Duke has to learn. Duke wants to learn, but Duke has to take chances /to/ learn."

Lute (188) has posed:
     Even the dumber side of Lute knows this is a very tricky situation. He will have to pick every word very carefully. And, in fact, he is almost thinking that it might be better to switch to his other half for this. But, he feels confident he can handle it. And so, he just keeps smiling at Duke.

     "Well... Something I will warn you. Alexis, and some of your other friends? They don't like me. And some of the battles I fight, they'll be fighting against me, too. So, for a lot of things you could repay me with... You might have to fight your other friends."

     Lute frowns, sighing a bit. Yeah, a look of pity on his face. "But, well... There /might/ be something you could do to help, but without fighting your friends. I... want to check out your Digital World, or at least, meet more Digimon from it. If you take me to meet more Digimon, that alone would be a good way to repay me."

     Lute considers his words for just a second more.

     "Basically. I'm looking for a Digimon to partner with. While I can be your friend, I'm looking for something to train that would fit with my personality, if that makes sense."

Duke has posed:
Duke listens and hrms softly. He then shakes his head. "Digital World gone." he admits with a frown and lowers his head. "All gone. Nothing left." The Digimon actually stops eating at that point. "At least.. that is what Duke remembers and has been told.. but.."

He blinks his eyes and his eye ridges furrow. He shakes his head quickly and places both of his pawed clawed hands against his head. There was a low rumble, before his hands slide down. His ear fins droop and he sighs gently. "..nothing.." He whispers softly.

Duke looks at Lute after that, the Digimon seeming a bit sad. "Duke.. remembers.. something... but Duke can't see it well. Frag..ments." He sighs. "..Duke keeps trying, but Duke gets headaches after awhile." He grunts at that.

"As for teaming up with other Digimon. Lute will have to find them. They hide everywhere and Duke is not sure where they all hide. They hide because they are afraid they will be found by Yggdrasil's guardians." Duke inhales deeply, "If found. They will be killed." He cants his head. "But Lute already knows this."

Duke then looks at the basket, then off to the side, before back at Lute. "Duke has only made friends with Alexis and Artyom. Duke also has met Kari and Sanary." He nods his head. "Duke may have trouble hurting Alexis and those others, but.. Duke needs to learn control. Duke needs to learn his own way."

The Digimon then stands up, his tail moving side to side as his ear fins raise up slightly. "To fight, does not mean to kill. To fight, is like spar. Digimon sometimes fight Digimon and not all Digimon fight to kill."

The Guilmon X then looks at the massive dragon pokemon, walking up toward it with those gold eyes examining it carefully, "..and if Duke can learn more about Lute and his friends, Duke will start to understand better." He says looking back at Lute grinning. "Then Duke can learn about others later!"

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute ponders still. Hrm. Duke is more aware of how things work than he seemed to be letting on. He smiles, though, looking at Duke.

     "In that case... Well. I will take you along on a mission, soon. Or, send you to help one of my friends in the Confederacy in one of their battles. Would that work for you?"

     Lute thinks a bit, "I could also send you for resources, though. I have an idea, actually... How strong /are/ you? Can you evolve at all? If so, perhaps I could send you after something I want. Hrm. How would you feel about attacking a place with a number of humans in it?"

     And, as for the Digimon, Lute sighs, "Well. I'll simply keep an eye out for Digimon then. I'm sure I'll find /one/ who wants a human partner, eventually. It's only a matter of time, really."

     A grin.

Duke has posed:
The Guilmon X has been educating himself and as Artyom pointed out over the global radio comm, he learns fast; At least this seems to be the case. The more he interacts, the faster he is learning. The Digimon though does listen to what Lute has to say, even as he goes back to the basket and starts to eat a bit more.

Duke then shakes his head to Lute's question about evolving, he does however cants his head to the question about attacking a place with people in it or even helping the others. He cleans off his claws about when Lute shows his disappointment about not locating other Digimon. Seeming to keep whatever thoughts he had to himself for now.

The red Dino-dragon Digimon then looks over to Lute with his gold eyes and stares at him for a moment. Licking his chops, perhaps still contemplating. His tail doesn't move at all and there may be a long silence between the two. "Duke is not sure how Duke feels about such a thing. Duke doesn't like to overly injure someone, if can be avoided.. but.." The Digimon looks away. "..Duke also knows sometimes hard to avoid injury too.." He sighs softly.

"Duke also doesn't know how strong Duke is.. but Doran believes Duke is very strong.. just very.. um.. unrefined.." He nods his head as he says that before going on, "So only way Duke will know and any one will know, is for Duke to try."

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute nods a little bit, considering. Well. Giratina is still out, soooooo...

     "...Okay. Just for a test. Attack my Giratina. I wanna see how much damage you can do to it, if possible. And, Giratina? Stand still."

     The Giratina remains in place.

     Lute smiles, though. "Just do your best. But. Well. As for a mission, I have a rather simple idea. I want you to make an attack on a bank. Demand money from the people there, destroy part of the building if necessary. The money in a bank is usually held in a vault. You can attack the vault, destroy it, get money into bags, and then get out with it. Fairly simple mission. Do that, and your debt is repaid. Okay?"

Duke has posed:
Duke's tail twitches gently. "Duke does not understand what is with people and money." he sighs softly as his gold eyes focus on the mucher larger pokemon. His eyes flicker blue. "..but why does Lute need this.. money.. from vault?"

Duke isn't sure how much he should attack either. He sizes up the Pokemon, or tries to at least. Then huffs out smoke from his nostrils. His three claws on his feet dig into the ground as his eyes flicker blue for a moment, though they do not remain blue.

He rears back his head as flames lick around his maw, before he then blasts out pyro shot of fire right for the much larger monster.

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute is, in fact, moderately impressed, as he sees the damage to Giratina. Giratina braces for it, but still looks a bit pained. He isn't /too/ bothered by it, though.

     "Well. you are decently strong. Strong enough you could probably help with this. But... Well. Hrm. Yeah, I'm sure you could handle a bank."

     A smile. "Well, why I want the money... I can buy food with money. Getting money from a bank would help me buy you more food, and more food for my Pokemon, and more food for any other Digimon I encounter. Does that make sense?"

     A smile. "I'm sure you're strong enough to do it, though."

Duke has posed:
Duke snorts out a bit more smoke from his nostrils, as his tail sways side to side. His eyes pupils look they want to narrow into slits, but he draws himself out of it as he closes his eyes. He inhales deeply and then looks at Lute.

"Ah. Duke heard about this. Money to buy things or trade items." The Digimon nods his head. "Duke can do this for Lute, at least-- Duke can try." He then tilts head head. "But Duke has never seen a bank before. What is bank like..?"

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute smiles a little. "Well... A bank is a big building. They have an area at the front where people enter, and a counter where you can ask for money. The money is kept behind the counter, in a big metal box called a vault. But... Your radio should take pictures. I'll have some sent to you."

     "And, really. Trying is all I can ask of you. That's all that really maters. Just try your best! Someone might come to stop you, but just hold them off."

     Lute smiles more. "I'm glad we could come to an agreement, at least."

Duke has posed:
Duke nods his head, he looks at the device Lute gave him and then looks to Lute. "Duke is glad too. Duke at least wants to repay Lute.. cause repaying is important.. at least to Duke. Many others may not think so." Duke inhales deeply again. "Maybe even Duke can help Lute again in future too.. maybe."

The Digimon holds up the device, "Could you show Duke how to access these pictures..?"

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute takes a moment to show Duke how to function the radio a bit more, to acess the picture. He just smiles, even finding pictures of banks for Duke, and showing him where vaults are usually located.

     But, Lute smiles at Duke. And sighs, "Well. Unfortunately, I have more to get to, soon. I'm a pretty busy and important guy. Though, we can meet again sometime, alright? Good luck on robbing the bank!"

Duke has posed:
Duke listens to the instructions, nods to each. Trying to focus on what Lute explains to him. Once Lute though gets ready to leave, Duke gives him a friendly nuzzle and smiles back. "Ok! Duke will try to get Lute money so Lute can take care of his friends!"

The Digimon then picks up the basket, or at least what is left in it and tail waves to Lute, along with his Pokemon. "Bye!"

Lute (188) has posed:
     Lute nods, "Bye, Duke. Take care of yourself. If you need any help robbing the bank, though? Just ask around for Confederates. One or two of them /might/ be up for helping you."

     And with that, Lute climbs atop of Giratina, and flies off. Because when you have a giant dragon Legendary Pokemon, you fly it everywhere.