Scene #2807: Dark Water + Armor=Polish Please!

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Dukemon X	After a long day at a Digital World perhaps like what thiers had been, Duke comes back in his Medieval Dukemon form. Though there is something very off about the armor and when Alexis does find him, he is fussing with a towel trying to get the armor to clean up. Something had really stained the DigiChrome and Duke was actually fussing over it. Who knew he could actually be vain!
Alexis	A monster too big to fit indoors. There's a problem most pokemon trainers never expect to come up. Then again, it wasn't a pokemon present the problem. As it was the Missing Lynx was snoozing behind the former barn, which was kind of hilarious considering it was only slightly smaller than the multi story building. Occasionally 'Tall Tale' could be glimpsed slinking around a corner since the serpent stayed awake as a sentry as the beast slumbered. Eventually a second barn or such would have to be built for it, but for right now, letting it sleep outside in the open made it easier to get to and work with. Just because it had accepted her as the tamer doesn't mean it knew everything it was suppose to now, and that had kept Alexis busy for the last few days going through the basics. Which was actually kind of nice. She didn't get to start at the beginning often any more. So it wasn't until she had wandered back to the barn proper to get something that she noticed the dulled digimon was back. "I thought that alloy was suppose to be almost indestructable?"
Dukemon X	Duke peered over his shoulder to her as he went back to cleaning his arm. "It is, for the most part. It can still be damaged by Elites of the Multiverse, but this isn't damage." He shows her the tainted armor and a part of it he was at least getting back /to/ normal. "It has been tarnished by some type of... Dark water. No idea what it is, so I can't really give the details." The Digimon went back to work on the armor. "I also have no idea what I'll look like if I was to degenerate, so I'd rather just try to get my body to looking right again." The knight Digimon looked back over to her. "How goes training with our new friend?"
Alexis	"Guess your visit to Satou's villiage was more eventful than you expected, huh?" Alexis replied as she walked past to open the fridge she kept downstairs and fetch a soda. Though there was still a few beers in there, in case Beelzebumon happened to drop by again. "He's smarter than he looks." She cracks the can open and leans back against an old workbench to take a sip. "I mean, he thinks like a giant animal. But he's a predator, the wits to take orders is there. Though his strategy is pretty much set it on fire or smash it because he's that much bigger."
Dukemon X	Duke leans against the wall as he keeps working on his arm. "Yeah," He says to her question about the excitement. "It got that way. Very peaceful place... Until whatever that was showed up." His eyes show a hint of concern, but he shoves aside his thoughts for now. "I can understand that primitive line of thinking, giving when I'm Growlmon X. You're bigger and stronger than everything around you, so why do you need any other form of tactics." Duke says with a soft chuckle, "But he will learn, like I did when I was piecing myself together, that tactics are key. Just... Maybe him a bit longer because where I had pieces to unlock to remember this, he'll have to learn it." Duke looks over to her, "But, you're an excellent trainer, so he'll be fine."
Alexis	Alexis raised a brow at that. Or more at the concern that lurks under the surface at it. "Whatever 'what' was?" She remembers Satou having issues with that digimon professor lady, but this sounds like something else.
Dukemon X	"It looked like a Digimon, but it wasn't. I'm not sure how to explain what it was..." Duke explains with a rumble, "Oh damn'it. Going to get the buffer wheel." The former Royal Knight rumbles as he goes to another part of the barn somewhere to go find the tool he needs.
Victory	With a win behind her, and a bye week to enjoy before the Real Fighting (tm) begins, a particularly well armored digimon, which isn't Duke, has decided to finally look up the ranch and see if it was as great as had been mentioned in prior encounters. At least, as she aproaches, there is no visible blade or helmet. That will make her less intimidating. Right? ... Right? ...
Dukemon X	MEANWHILE.... Duke is still searching for the polishing buffer automated-wheel thing, because seriously, a Knight should not have tarnished armor! Even more so when its DigiChrome. Dig, dig, dig, squeak! ... Oh, hello rubber ducky! Duke does at last find what he is looking for and goes to step back out from where he was as the buffer wheel works on his head. This is about the same time Victory peeks into the barn. Those gold eyes look at her and he blinks a few times. The buffer wheel just going around and around on his head. "....Victory?" He says at last, then realizes the buffer wheel is still going and almost drops it, "Awgh!" Then trips over a box, crashes down and the buffer wheel lands on his face.
Alexis	And a moment later the rubber ducky is picked up by a long tongue, and one of the 'treasure boxes' hops off out of the room. "Sorry Duke, I forgot to mention the Mimic that I keep to ward off thieves." That's one treasure you don't want to try and break open. But in seeing what that commotion was Alexis gets a good look at the other armored dino-like digimon that isn't the Duke one. "Another friend of yours, I take it."
Victory	Thus the best first impression ever is made. One for Duke, toppling over with a buffing machine, and one for the Ranch as a living treasure box runs off with a rubber ducky. Not gold, not gems, not something valuable, but a rubber duck. "... This is a strange place," she says in a deadpan tone before heaving a sigh and offering a hand to help Duke up. Suspicious of him being a knight? Nope. Gone. shattered to bits.
Alexis	"Yes, yes it is." The pink-haired tomboy doesn't even trying to deny it. It would be a bit hard to. And the kitsune isn't even here to top it off, either. That said, as soon as Duke is on his feet again she's not shy about offering her hand to the other armored digimon. "Name's Alexis. It's my place, technically speaking."
Dukemon X	Duke takes Victory's hand, "Thanks. I still haven't figured out where all of Alexis' buddies are hiding out at." He stands up and rumbles gently, "Alexis," He motions to the human, "This is Victory," He motions then to the other Digimon. "She is a Mercenary if memory serves right, met her... twice. This be the third time." Duke explains as he gets the buffer wheel working again and then goes to work on his arm. Those gold eyes do a side glance to Vic, "... Dark Water, other digital world, long story."
Victory	Once Duke is on his feet, Vic's gaze would slip back to Alexis, "Seeing as I've already been introduced," she starts, eyes drifting around the barn, "This place was mentioned to me by more than a few digimon that I've come across, so, I decided to come take a look." She would be a known syndicate member, but it's on other people to have looked up their rosters! She certainly doesn't hide it and has fliers for her services wherever hunters and slayers gather. Her wandering gaze eventually lands back on Duke in all his currently-being-buffed glory? Eh. Tarnish is a pain, isn't it? "Try applying a little coconut oil to it," she offers helpfully. She can recognize Digizoid when she sees it, and she's been tending her own for ages. ".. Dark water?" she wasn't sure what he meant by that.
Alexis	"Make yourself at home... just might want to double check any chairs before you sit on them." The way Alexis smirks afterwards makes it really hard to tell if she's joking or not. There wouldn't be a monster shaped like a chair, right? ... Then again, she had a MIMIC. Granted, a different world's Mimic that always looks like a treasure box, but that's not really all that reassuring. "I'm assuming some kind of corruption, considering it faded freakin' armor."
Dukemon X	Duke pauses and looks at her, "Coconut Oil? Seriously?" He then looks to Alexis, "Doesn't Nova have some upstairs?" Yes, blame the Kitsune boyfriend for having the luxury lotions. What? He is a Kitsune! Though the Knight Digimon's attention goes back to Victory, "Yes, Dark water." Duke stops the wheel and twirls the device easily in his hand as he talks. "There is another Digital World out there and a Primary Village overseen by a human, named Tatsuto Satou. It came under attack today when the water became gray and some-- thing-- came out of the water." The former Royal Knight shakes his head gently. "It looked like a Digimon, but it wasn't. I'm not sure /what/ it was. We could punch holes through it and it goes straight through, but there was no digital data... Just... This dark essence, like with Gaonoir, but... Different too." Duke looks off to the side as he his hand stops twirling the device. "When I attacked it, I plunged into that water." He looks back to Victory, "It tarnished my armor and it felt... Weird, tingly perhaps..." He then tilts his head to the side. "I'm not sure really how to explain it." Duke then points over to a couch after Alexis' comment, which the sofa seems to be setup with a coffee table and a TV in front of it, along with some boxes stuffed under it and there was some kind of hoodie draped over on the arm. "You can sit on the sofa if you like. That /is/ safe."
Victory	"Mmm.. first thought would be a Displacer, but that sounds like to much energy for just one," Victory rumbles. Yes, she mentioned a displacer beast. She has been around the multiverse a few times, after all! "That much dark energy would have to come from something pretty potent." Beat. "My kind of thing to go after," she figures before moving to the suggested bit of furniture to take a seat. Siiiiigh. "I'll admit, it's a bit roomier than the digs I have on Afterus.." There. If no one knew she was syndicate before, they know now.
Alexis	"Yeah, sofa's safe. Pillows on the other hand... okay no, I'm kidding." Alexis walks over to the stairs and holds a hand to her mouth for amplication as she yells up them. "HEY SPIKES! BRING DOWN A BOTTLE OF COCONUT OIL WOULD YOU?"
Dukemon X	Duke shakes his head gently. "It wasn't a displacer beast, it looked like a Hangyomon, but... it wasn't. I wish I could explain it better. I never see anything like it... I mean, but how it moved and acted. It was like... It wasn't even alive." The Knight Digimon looks at his clawed hand. "It tried to kill the human, we were all there and it ignored all of us, but was after the human." He looks at Victory, "But what..." He stops as he looks away. "Nevermind."
Victory	Spikes? ... Eh. She'll find out shortly. The tall digimon takes a seat, lounges out a bit, and seems to be fairly relaxed. "Well, Digizoid is stern stuff, I'm sure you'll manage. That or you're going to have to start hiring yourself out. Stuff is -hard- to find and -expensive-," she muses, pointing out the obvious thing about the shared material of their armor. She doesn't mention her unique ability right now.
Dukemon X	"Easier said for one who wears it." Duke remarks back to Victory, welcoming the slight change in subject. "My body /is/ this armor, all the way down to my internal grid structure. That is why it bothers me in some degree this /has/ happened. Like... filth." As Victory takes a seat, she may notice on the ground near her feet is some printed paper, along with DigiCode and DigiMoji, at least what looks like someone scribbling it along with some English translations of it. The printer paper looks like shots taken from a computer terminal, but its tucked to far under the sofa to tell of what.
Alexis	"Nidoking (Someone was looking for oil?)" It's chunky, it's purple, and it's covered in poisonous barbes that make the name 'Spikes' pretty fitting. Sure it looks like a weird dinosaur with rat ears, but even those are spikey. "Yeah, Duke needs some help with buffing up his armor." And as he walks by to hand the bottle to Duke... despite the macho sounding name he's also wearing a house apron, hands the bottle off, and trundles back towards Alexis.
Dukemon X	"Thanks Spikes," Duke says taking the bottle and giving it a very confused look, then back at the buffer. Yes, he is analyzing how to do this on his own, as this is the curse of being a living walking armor.
Victory	"..Duely noted," she replies. Sometimes Vic forgot that some other 'Mon were a little more 'hard coded' to their armor than her own. "Well, hopefully the oil will help. I messed around with a lot of different things in the past and that kind always seemed to work the best for my needs. Hopefully it will work for yours," she notes, giving the Nidoking a long looking over. So many different creatures in the multiverse. Her glance does catch the paper, after a moment, but she doesn't look at it -too- long. Something about it did seem familiar, however, "mm.."
Alexis	"And I though laundry was a bitch on it's own." Spikes gives Alexis a teasing look as he starts back up the stairs. "(Like you ever do the laundry)" "If I did, I wouldn't need you... that, and last time Nova tried to do it Hikari flooded the laundry room in bubbles."
Dukemon X	Duke dead-pans a little a sighs, then places some of the coconut butter on his armor and gives it a shot, hoping that whatever the Dark water was made up will give into this miracle of ideas. "I'm sure also Alexis wouldn't mind more guests," He looks over to Alexis, "Would you? I mean... I'm sure Victory here can help with the training of your Missing Lynx." That just came out of the blue, didn't it Duke?
Alexis	Alexis laughs a bit. "At this rate I could just open a hotel or something."
Nova Kendalae	"We're not opening a hotel," Comes a young man's voice from somewhere in the direction of the downstairs study.
Dukemon X	Duke chuckles a bit as Alexis bring up the hotel and as he checks his own work on his arm, "Right... I don't mind helping with construction, but I'm not going to be the bag boy." Then Nova happens from somewhere else as his words reach them. "Or your Kitsune boy can override you." Duke then adds after the fact. "Either way, I think this is working." He places down the tools for now, "But I'm thirsty, you thirsty Victory? We got juice, tea, beer, rum... I think there is rum..."
Victory	There's a shrug from Vic, "I'm not picky," she replies. "I also have a place on Afterus, as I mentioned earlier, so I don't have to have a permanent place. It will just be nice to have options."
Alexis	Alexis finishes off the soda she had opened early. "Yeah, these guys just come and go as they feel like it too." The difference being they don't have as many other options. "Just don't poke anything you're not quite sure what it is." Pause. "Or tell the mouse her dress is too girly." Pretty pink cosplay dress or not, that pikachu will Flash seizure you for dissing it.
Dukemon X	"Well, this place is always an option I'm sure." Duke says as he goes into the kitchen and fetches two beers out. He then lifts one up, "Catch." He says to Victory, making sure he has her attention before he tosses it to her. "By the way," He then pulls up a chair and takes a seat in it. Yes, he knows this chair is safe. Its Doran's chair. "What is your story anyways? Beyond being a Mercenary." He then points over to Alexis, while looking at Victory, "And she is correct. Don't dis the mouse, careful of random floating objects, mind the tree that moves, and Spikes is one of the best chefs around."
Nova Kendalae	"And don't feed the dragon sugar!" Nova shouts. It seems those vulpine ears are good for something.
Victory	BOOZE. Crack. Sip. Sigh. Slump back into comfort. She seems to pause at Duke's question, and gives the same answer she's given anyone else that has asked. "Unified. Nothing else I could do," and she punctuates the end of that with another long pull from the can she caught a moment earlier.
Dukemon X	Duke mms softly as he cracks open his own can. "Sounds like the story of many Exiles, everyone did what they could... but not much that could be done in the end." He leans back in the chair as one leg crosses over the other easily. "Kind of like everyone finds it fortunate I don't remember all the details, but you know what they say... in the details is the devil." "I can probably talk with that human kid and see about getting you a job with him. With that ocean remaining dark, it probably wont be safe there." Duke explains, "They have at least twelve, maybe thirteen baby Digimon there, three DigiEggs from what I saw as well." The knight Digimon closes his eyes. "I already plan to run them some barrels of fresh water to them probably in the morning."
Victory	The description of the town actually gets Vic's proveribal brow to quirk. She's loathe to pass up a chance at a paycheck but this was ... different. "Get me the information, I'll see what I can do," she finally replies after a bit of thought. No more details about her 'plight' before unification, not for now, at least.
Alexis	Alexis snorts softly. "Lakes turning demonic. I'd say something like 'Welcome to the Multiverse' but Satou is hardly new to it."
Dukemon X	Duke gives a nod to Victory, before he looks over to Alexis, "That is what I understood from Beelzebumon as well. His digital world has been around some time, yet, perhaps well protected given we Exiles didn't know about it really till... Now, perhaps. Not that this a bad thing." The former Royal Knight tsks softly. "Only probably is now, is Yggdrasil will also know about it. Gaonoir was there and I'm sure he'll report to Yggdrasil about finding another Digital World." Duke shakes his head. "Yet he did help protect the Primary Village, even if it was a for some dark purpose later... I have to be some part grateful." Duke though doesn't sound overly happy about this.