Scene #1835: Stranger In A Strange Land

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Dukemon X	It was a beautiful day here in the Foothills of the Multiverse. The hills rising up and then falling back down, roads build on these lands followed the contours of the terrain and the towns were scattered about here and there. The tall grass of the open areas though moved gently in the spring wind and the few trees scattered about rustled their leaves in the soft breeze. Birds were singing and everything was pretty peaceful, well, that was until a rabbit went running for its life across the open fields with a red dinosaur-dragon like creature right on its heals! The Guilmon X raced across the field at around four feet tall, his sharp teeth getting close to clipping the cotton tail's cute little fluffy tail, until the rabbit suddenly bolted into a dirt hole, causing the Digimon to slide across the ground and then jog back over to the hole. The strange red creature with his white belly and black markings stared down at the hole with his gold eyes which started to narrow. He snorted some smoke before he brought down his large claws onto the soil and started to dig. Dirt being thrown up into the air, along with grass as the Digimon was trying to get to what could be his afternoon meal.
Revas	"As hard as your digging, it is burrowing out the otherside." A voice calls as Revas is seen walking towards the red creature. Golden hilt in his hand. IT looks like the hilt could belong to a sword, with a fingerguard on one side. Strangely enough, it is missing a blade but no sign of break or blade removed against the golden hilt. "If you think of eating me, you will regret it, Beast."
Dukemon X	The Guilmon X pauses when he hears the voice, the earfin nearest to Revas perks up slightly, before the Dino-dragon looks over. His sleek form raises up even taller as the man gets closer, both ear fins now perked up as his tail moves side to side slowly. The Digimon's gold eyes blink a few times before he tilts his head gently, then he speaks up, pointing his index talon toward his muzzle, "Why would I want to eat a human?" He then notices the dirt on his talons and goes to shake it off. Which is about when he spots the rabbit making off out of another hole, causing the Guilmon X to pout a bit before he says softly, "...so close."
Revas	When called human his eyebrow twitches and very obvious biting of his tongue can be seen on his face. "Elf. I am called an elf. In my world, humans kill and enslave my people. So I would appreciate it if you called me Revas." He says as he looks the creature over. "A monster with enough sense to talk...I have some fish to share if you wish to follow me to my camp. I havent cooked them yet."
Dukemon X	The Guilmon X notes the brow twitching and his earfins go back, they droop even more when Revas explains what humans are to him and he is an elf, though they do go back up a bit when he says his name, "Oh. Oh! I'm sorry then for calling you a human, I'm still learning about different races..." The Digimon says with a soft smile on his muzzle. Yet when fish comes up, those earfins fully perk up, "You will share with me your fish? I would be glad too!" He then walks up to the elf, but keeping his distance slightly as he does a quick circle around, then with a even bigger smile, "My name is Duke! I'm a Guilmon X, a Digimon!" Duke then will follow along with Revas once he starts to walk, not trailing to far behind or even getting ahead of the elven man, "Do you live out here? I did not even know there was a lake near by... Fishing is always easier to catch then other animals. At least for me..." It would seem poor Revas has ran into a rather talkative beastie or at least, an overly friendly one.
Revas	"I found a stream. My people is split between two types. City elves and Dalish. I am one of the Dalish and we rely on surviving in the wilderness." He explains as they come to his camp a little ways away with a small river running through. He pulls the net near the river up to reveal fish in it, splashing and trying to get free. "Do you prefer your food cook or alive?" He asks as he offers the net to the creature. "Nice to meet you Duke. Since the portals forming, I have been exploring. Do you reside about here?" He asks curiously.
Dukemon X	"Either or really," Duke explains to Revas when it comes to the food and looks at the net. Watching the fish wanting to get away but their end is nigh! Those gold eyes furrow in thought as the elf explains the two types of his people and thinking about how he acted about being called 'human', including him explaining the enslavement part. The Guilmon X's tail moves side to side as he watches Revas, seeming smart enough to stay out of the way, nor pushing over to get the fish that could be so easy for the taking right now. "Me? I explore," The Digimon says with a soft shrug. "I go place to place using the Warp gates, urm, portals. Sometimes I come out to hunt, other times just to see what else I can learn." Duke tilts his head a bit, "I'd like to learn and maybe you could tell me more about your people?" he says this with a smile forming on his muzzle and his earfins fully up.
Revas	"I would also not mind learning of you as well. A trade then of information?" Revas says as he moves to where a fire can be started. He holds the hilt down towards it and a blade of fire extends and ignites the wood, forming a warm campfire. He then goes about cleaning the fish and de scaling for eating. "My people were long ago enslaved by an empire of humans who valued magic users. They used our people for sacrifices to fuel even powerful magic. When freed from this empire by a woman claiming to be a prophet to her people, they gave us a homeland in what was called the Dales. Centuries past but humans and elves could not coexist peacefully. Then the humans attacked believing we attacked them. They took our homeland and gave a choice, either to live with the humans and abandon our gods for their one god, or wander the lands. The city elves chose to live with humans and abandon their elven ways, and the dalish chose to wander instead of submitting to humans once more." Revas explains.
Dukemon X	Duke watches as the fire ignites from the hilt and his gold eyes go wide in great interest for how that worked, though in some hilarity he really shouldn't be to surprised given in his Ultimate form he can command the winds and fire itself--- but it was still impressive! When Revas then starts to explain, the Guilmon X sits on his rump and listens to the words from the elf. There was great interest in those gold eyes, though child like they were on the outside, a great wisdom was hidden deep within. He tilts his head faintly when Revas explains what mankind did, his own earfins slowly pulling back into a droop as he looks back over to the fire. Once Revas was done, the Digimon closes his eyes gently, "The humans had no right to do that to your people. Everyone has a right to live the way they want to live... to take life, to even force life to submit because of a misunderstanding..." Duke shakes his head gently, before he looks up at Revas as the elf works on the fish, "Though, I know maybe this may fall on deaf ears cause of what was done to you and your people, but, out here... you will find not all the humans are bad, as many of them wont even know your history." The Digimon looks back at the fire, "But... but I do understand as well." His earfins pull back a bit. "Others like me are on the run and have gone into hiding so we wont be killed off. I think they have given up by now, but... but they may just be waiting till we feel comfortable enough as a large group to gather again... be easier to kill us off that way." Duke closes his eyes gently, "I know for myself... and for Doran, my best friend, we are just now starting to find a safe place... but I wonder how safe it will remain and if we, if I, will get those closest to me now hurt." The Guilmon X then looks to the Elf, "Does your own people worry about the same?"
Revas	"The ones who dont submit, the Dalish, split themselves into clans. These clans wander the four winds. As long as we remain on the move and leave the humans be, the human countries ignore us. I understand full well having to run and hide to keep yourself and others safe." Revas as he nods as he chuckles at the humans not being like those he knows. "I want to believe that and I know some humans arent as bad as the ones my people speak of, but...When your raised on these stories, you find it hard to think of them in other ways. It will take time though." He says as he had noticed the man look to the hilt and gives a chuckle. "I am a mage, and where I come from I can tap into the force of magic, from the realm of dreams, which my people call the beyond. I have trained myself to form swords of energy and armor of energy as well as to strengthen my body to fight like warriors." He says as he explains. He then puts a fish on a stick and offers it to the digimon to either eat or cook since it was ready. He goes about preparing the other fish.
Dukemon X	The Digimon listens to what Revas has to say, before he takes the stick and sniffs at it, then looks at the fire. Its like smores right? So Duke places the fish over the fire and his tail tip twitches gently as the watches the fish cook. "Dalish." Duke repeats back, "Sounds better then elf." The Guilmon X admits. "I can breath fire, but I am not sure if that is the same as magic... in one of my more powerful forms though I can do things like control wind and fire... so maybe that is more like magic!" Duke then turns the stick slightly to make sure it doesn't catch on fire itself, "One time, or so I've been told, because I don't remember," The Guilmon X frowns a little but he continues, "All Digimon lived together, sure a little scuffs broke out here and there, but it was not that bad. The Royal Knights would help keep peace mostly, keep things from getting to bad." "The Royal Knights," Duke explains as he pulls out the fish to check on it, before putting it back in the fire. "Are servants of Yggdrasil... our, hm, god, but some time ago the Demon Lords, another group, wanted to overthrow Yggdrasil and take command of the our world. A Massive war broke out... a very nasty, dark war. Yggdrasil grew tired of the war and so decided to make a new world." Duke lowers his head a bit. "...only two percent of the population could live in the new world, everyone else, was to die." The Digimon shakes his head, "...and the Royal Knights obeyed. What was the defenders, became the murderers of many, for if the X program didn't kill off the Digimon, then the Royal Knights would." "That is why I don't remember all the details. I almost died, I think, was infected by the X Program, but my body became immune, got what we call an X Antibody. That is why I am a Guilmon X, instead of a Guilmon... cause not only did the X-Antibody save me, but it also changed me." The Digimon looks over to Revas, "... and that is why all of us Exiles are hiding, cause we don't know if the Royal Knights will still come for us, even here." Duke then looks back to the fire and pulls out the fish one more time, looking it over, "So we are not that much different, at least, I don't think so."
Revas	"Nor do I. We are kin in a way. Your just got red skin." Revas says with a friendly smile. "I have seen suffering caused by all types of people. I have seen human cause their own to suffer, I saw elves cause human suffering. If anything I hope to prevent suffering because in the end, we all suffer and bleed the same." He says as he fixes another fish. "I dont mind helping humans. I just...need time trust them." He says as he goes about cooking the fish. "Magic is complicated. Mages are men, and women who can provide ways for the world of dreams to enter the world of the living, those ways are magic. I have trained myself to use the magic to fight alongside warriors." He explains.
Dukemon X	Duke nods in agreement to Revas own assessment of the two. They are like kin, brothers wasn't it? The Digimon could get behind that and a faint smile comes on the edges of his muzzle, "...no one beyond one of my own has seen me as a kin..." "I don't like suffering either," Duke says once Revas finishes with the whole explanation of what he has seen. "Suffering only causes unnecessary pain... while sometimes we all have to fight, at least fighting should be done for the right reasons..." Then Duke silently wonders if Revas would see sparring and fighting at the same? Question for another time. As Revas goes into explaining magic, Duke pulls off the fish with his large claws and noms on it gently. He listens to the Dalish explain how one way magic works and another, causing the Digimon to just tilt his head in some mild confusion, with a soft, 'mrh?' to be added to it as well. Once he swallows he speaks up then, "Why is magic different between male and female?" The Guilmon X seeming very confused by this or... "Or... did I misunderstand something??"
Revas	"Well magic isnt split up by gender on my world, but more about race. Dalish magic is more practical. Humans lock up magic users in places called Circle of Magi. And they study magic and no two circle mages are alike. A race of horned giants, called Qunari, practice the most destructive forms of magic because they are taught to be living weapons." Revas explains as he shrugs. "I apologize if I misexplained something."
Dukemon X	Duke shakes his head gently, "No. Its fine, just a bit confusing. For us Digimon each, hm, race has what it can do. Like how you Dalish have one form of magic over those horned giants." The Digimon hrms in thought, "So, every Guilmon has the same abilities, but some of us are better at a thing in our abilities then others. Some of us are stronger physically and some are stronger defensively." "Sometimes how we raise ourselves effects how we evolve," The Digimon furrows his eyes ridges a bit as he stares at the stick in his hands, "Others... maybe that is just what they become no matter how they are." The young Digimon then taps the sick on the ground a bit in thought, "So I guess there isn't much difference there either. Beyond the fact when we evolve, we gain a new form, a new look, but we are still, well, us." He tilts his head gently, "Just like I am guessing with magic, magic also evolves? Gets stronger so takes on a new look?"