[color=silver][center][h2][color=#b39aec]ℋ𝒾𝓉𝑜𝓂𝒾[/color][/h2] & ᴹᵁᴹᴱᴵ
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[color=eeeeee]"Good morning. It is Ɛ̶̲̼͈͉̖̾̇͂̍̆μ̴͚͓̮̦̲̂̑̂̇̕ट̶̢͓͚̳̭͂͆͗̂͘Ɛ̴̣̙͔̤̖̃̔̅͛̍ट̵̢̹̠̟̉̿̀̚͜͠Ɛ̵̛̛͓̲͖̓̋͗͜ͅ O'clock. The weather forecast for today is ş̸̯̩̮̠̲͆u̴̧̧͇̘̱̕n̶̥̟̰̈́͑̽͂̊̈́̄ǹ̵̡̢̟͙͕̬͌͊͜͝͝y̷̛͓̗̲̍̅͛̉̇ with. A chance of ö̸̦̘͙̤͔̽͒̏͒ɿ̶̡͖̠̦͍̃̈́͌̕͝ɿ̶̨̖̬̯̝̅̓̄͛͝υ̶̢̛̰̖̹̭͗̈́̇̂q̶͙͕̘̺̠̊̔́͘̕-————"[/color]

Hitomi stirred to the static. She rolled to her side, squinting in the direction of her Digimon partner's artificial voice. 

[color=#b39aec]"Mumei...?"[/color] she mumbled, trying to feel around for her glasses. Without them, most everything was a blur. [color=#b39aec] "What's wrong? Did... did you mess with the socket again? I told you to -- huh?"[/color]

Sand. Hitomi had yet to find her glasses when she realized she was patting around sand. Alarm chased away her grogginess, and she sat up so suddenly her vision went black for a moment. [color=#b39aec]"Mumei?!" [/color]she shouted, startled. [color=#b39aec]"W-where are we?"[/color]

[color=eeeeee]"Location: Unknown."[/color] The Digimon announced upon approach, a pair of glasses neatly tucked above its right wing. Hitomi snatched them up, gave a round of quick bows as thanks, then looked around with newly improved vision. It didn't help make any sense out of the situation, though. Against any sort of sense, she was on a beach. A [i]pink [/i]one, from the looks of it, with a handful of other people a short distance away. Baskets sat scattered around, seemingly filled with fruit and junk. 

Her memories came in waves. A world, standing still. Mumei, flying away so fast she struggled to keep up. And then-- [color=#b39aec]"It must have been..."[/color]

[color=eeeeee]"The portal",[/color] the Soundbirdmon finished. Hitomi nodded, about to ask what they should do next, but the Digimon was faster again, answering before she could even pose the question. [color=eeeeee]"Consult others."[/color]

[color=#b39aec]"W-what? You mean... [i]them?[/i]"[/color] she glanced at the gathered group.[color=#b39aec] "Total strangers? [i]Boys?[/i] I don't... I, I mean, I doubt they-- w-wait!?"[/color]

Mumei didn't wait. It had already started to fly towards the rest of the children and their partners, emitting a loud sound. Its voice was that of an announcer, the words it spoke likely stitched together from things it had heard on TV. [color=eeeeee]"And in this corner-- a challenger approaches. Attention, challenger approaching."[/color]

[i][color=#b39aec]"I-I'm not challenging anyone!" [/color][/i]Hitomi gasped desperately, trying to catch up to the bird so she could shut it up - only to keep tripping on baskets, sand, and her own embarrassment.[/color]