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Digimon: Cyber Beasts

It was a Champion, but by the above logic, the attack should be weaker if it's from a Rookie than if it's from a Champion. Since that doesn't appear to be the case, I'm asking if it logically follows that Bakumon's Nightmare Syndrome would work the same, because it's the same as Digitamamon's Nightmare Syndrome.

@tobiax

It was still Champion level, but to clarify the reason for that is entirely due to the card effect. In the case of Bakumon since you didn't use any cards on it yet then I have no real reason to believe it was anything stronger than Rookie level, hence why would have minimal effect on the Cyber Beast. Also the Cyber Beasts themselves are anomalies that sort of break the conventional rules, so this one will be ruled as inexplicably immune to debuffs due it's glitchy/buggy nature.

Digimon: Cyber Beasts

Another question - what's the verdict on Royal Knights and Demon Lords? I know Beelzy's in this.

@Crow

Honestly? I'm kind of ignoring digital world lore for this, so it doesn't really matter to me.

Digimon: Cyber Beasts

Emu largely ignored Haruka's scoffing. He had a strategy in mind and no amount snark from his teammate was going to stop him from implementing it, "Just keep shooting for now." he said, though his hands were almost blindly thumbing through his card deck in the meantime. Of them, Haruka was the only one who opted not to use any of his cards yet. Instead he just ordered his Digimon to attack. This was what finally got Emu to address the guy, "Yeah, just keep going at it with attacks we already saw were useless against it. No way that brilliant strategy could fail..." he said, using a sarcastic tone of his own. Haruka wasn't the only one capable of snark.

As for the Cyber Beast, the sudden shots from the Positron Rifle and Gazimon quickly following those with drill claw attacks seemed enough that they were finally doing some actual damage. The Cyber Beast reeled a bit, but it was far from finished. It lashed out with the weapon it held to keep Gazimon at bay long enough for it to ball up its free hand into a fist and punch it in the general direction of Commandramon and Bukamon. That motion conjured up a small blast of energy that Commandramon had to dive out of the way of just to avoid a direct hit.

"Gazimon won't last in melee against that thing forever... change of plans, Commandramon!" Emu smirked, having chosen his next card. Just as well, the Positron Rifle had spent up all of its shots and was already dissolving away into pixel-like lights. Twirling the D-Scanner again, Emu swiped the card and aimed the device at his partner, "Digi-Modify! Megamorph, activate!" it was one of the new cards, Megamorph. Its effect allowed the Digimon to briefly use attacks from their next stage of evolution without needing to Digivolve.

When the light faded, Commandramon found himself equipped with the Scouter Monoeye of Sealsdramon as well as the sharp combat knife it used for attacks. With the Monoeye, Commandramon was able to scan the Cyber Beasts for weakspots before dashing forward at a high speed. He looked to be lunging straight at the Cyber Beast, but vanished at the last second only to reappear behind it, "Death Behind!" Commandramon struck hard and fast with knife, right into one of the weak spots it scanned for a moment. A Rookie level attack did little to beast, but this was a Champion level attack, so it was significantly more effective. The Cyber Beast reeled from this, looking like it could be close to defeat now.

"Well?" Emu asked Haruka, "You gonna do something useful now or should Zak and I keep doing this on our own?"

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

Pre-Timeskip

Surge Guardians, Witches, Orbs, so much information to process. Seth's expression remained unchanged throughout the entire affair. His grin, wide and ever-so-slightly unsettling never left his face for a moment. It seemed he was to paired with a Portal-user called Maze. Someone who could vanish and reappear elsewhere at will was certainly not an opponent to take lightly. It made sense that Seth, someone who for all intents and purposes could achieve the same power, would have to be the one to deal with them. It was the logical choice. Apparently his sand would also prove a useful asset in the hypothetical battle between them as well. He'd have to keep that mind.

Not much was offered in the way of dealing with the Uber-Witch everyone was afraid of. Their plan seemed to amount mostly to just hitting it with everything they had. Whelp, here's hoping that idea didn't backfire somehow when the time came.

Timeskip

Seth was courteous and let Tocsax make the first move. His fellow Nobody opened up with his Ultima Cannon, not the kind of blast to sneeze at. In the end, though, it appeared to be a wasted effort, the witch largely remaining unaffected, "Well... that's probably not a very good sign." he quipped silently, under his breath. He then just shrugged and let his entire legion of Snipers pop into existence all around. If the Ultima Cannon didn't work, then more than likely the Chaos Buster would be similarly ineffective as well. Even so, if the witch was largely unaffected by a single large shot, that didn't mean she was immune to all attacks.

"I'm thinking this is a case of less being more..." Seth commented, signaling for his hand for the Snipers to open fire. Volleys upon volleys of shots rained in from countless positions. A single Sniper shot alone was not strong enough damage the witch, but what about a thousand of them coming from all directions and coming nonstop? Surely she'd have to wear down sooner or later, "...oh right, I should probably do something as well, huh?" he said with a shrug and chuckle. Suddenly and without warning, Seth made a small hop and stomped both feet on the ground with a surprising amount of force. This allowed him to kick a small standstorm that he directed at the witch. A frontal assault was pointless, not to mention foolish. Maybe though, just maybe, he could conjure up enough sand to hold her down so that she couldn't escape the sniper fire, not to mention whatever other surprises the rest of the gang had in store.

Kingdom Hearts: The Lights of the Multiverse Redux [No Longer Full]

@Letter Bee You should already know why I can't post as much as you want me to. And you're crazy if you think I'm writing the whole thing on my phone.

Digimon: Cyber Beasts

@Crow

As long as it at least makes some logical sense, I'll allow it on a case-by-case basis.

Digimon: Cyber Beasts

@tobiax@Acid Hippie

Posted, and got us into our first encounter with a Cyber Beast.

I'm also considering this to be the unofficial theme song for the RP:

Digimon: Cyber Beasts

The site of the latest Cyber Beast incursion was an arcade within a shopping mall district. This meant that civilian risk was high and as such the Police and SAT Officers were prioritizing evacuation over anything else. Police maintained the perimeter while the SAT actually entered the hostile area in order to pull out civilians trapped within. So far only Law Enforcement was involved, so the Self-Defense Force had yet make an appearance. Amidst that chaos, a black van marked as a D-Connect company vehicle drove calmly into the madness. Its driver was Samantha Chase, who kept an eerily calm demeanor even as she was driving into a danger zone. The three tamers sat in the back as passengers.

The van pulled up to the perimeter, where an officer stopped them with the intention of turning them around and detouring the van elsewhere. But then Ms. Chase flashed a security clearance badge, surprising the officer. Confused, he called over a superior who waved the van through upon inspecting the badge for himself, "Police and SAT have already been informed of D-Connect's plan for combating the Cyber Beasts. They should cooperate with us during each incursion."

Makoto, in the meantime, was thumbing through the deck he'd put together, essentially double-checking it to ensure it had everything he needed, "Is that it?" he suddenly asked, pointing to a shadowy shape appearing to stepping out of the shopping mall. It wasn't much taller than adult human, perhaps by a meter, give or take. But it was muscular and carried an oblong-shaped weapon of some kind. It actually looked vaguely familiar, Makoto certain he'd something of that shape before but simply couldn't remember it.

When the van finally stopped, Makoto got out among the other tamers. He gave his D-Scanner a nervous glance and shivered briefly, as if having second thoughts. No, this is it. Don't get scared now. He held out the D-Scanner and released Commandramon. Who seemed to give a brief salute before noticing the Cyber Beast not too far away, "Awaiting orders. Am I clear to fire?" even as he said this, he held his assault rifle and was already taking aim. Makoto just nodded, but still seemed nervous about something.

"M16 Assassin!" Commandramon announced as he opened fire on the Beast. He also began moving forward as he fired as well, since Assault Rifles tended to be more effective at medium range instead of long range. While the shots got the Beast's attention, they didn't seem to affect it. Instead it angrily lunged forward with a swing of its weapon and knocked Commandramon back and flat on his rump, "Ugh! Attack ineffective! Awaiting orders-WHOA!" the Beast wasn't gonna wait around and instead kept swinging its weapon. Commandramon had to take jumps back to avoid the second swing.

"It must Champion-level. No problem, I've got a Digivolution Card that'll help-" Makoto started to say, but was quickly cut off by Ms. Chase's voice.

"We haven't quite figured out how to incorporate Digivolution. For now you have no choice but to keep fighting as you are." she said, still staring down at her tablet as if completely unfazed by all this.

How? If the Cyber Beast is Champion-level then how are our Rookie-level digimon going to put a dent in it? Makoto began to sweat a bit. Maybe he was too far out of practice, too in-over-his-head to do this? He seriously considered running. He briefly closed his eyes, even beginning to feel faint. That was when a breeze seemed to blow over him. He was suddenly standing straight again, slicked his hair back with his hand and when he opened his eyes, there was suddenly a different expression on his face. His eyes were a bit narrower, sharper and more calculating, and his lips curled into a confident smile. It wasn't a drastic change, but certainly noticeable. Whatever hesitance and nervousness he was displaying before was gone completely. In that moment he wasn't Makoto anymore. He was Emu, or M, the Genius Gamer.

"Guess I'll just call this this challenge run, then." he said in an almost cocky tone. He reached for his card deck and, without even looking at it pulled a card from it, "Digi-Modify!" he said with a confident look on his face, even twirling the D-Scanner on his finger briefly as if he were some kind of gunslinger, "Positron Rifle, activate!" after scanning the card, he pointed the device at Commandramon and pulled the trigger. It shot a line of pixelated light that briefly cloaked Commandramon with its glow. After a split second, the light faded and Commandramon's assault rifle was replaced with a more powerful firearm that fired lasers capable of piercing a target's defense.

"Keep your distance and shoot through whatever armor he's wearing! That'll wear him down quick." Emu called, never losing that near-cocky attitude he'd suddenly gained.

"Understood, sir!" Commandramon leveled the weapon to take aim, "Positron Laser, fire!" hopefully Haruka and Zakai had already sprung into action and were also employing some kind of strategy, preferably one that would distract the Cyber Beast so that Commandramon's shot would hit its mark.

Digimon: Cyber Beasts

"Uh, no need for the military treatment. I'm your partner, not your commanding officer." said Makoto, scratching his head. This at least prompted Commandramon to relax, if only a little bit. Apparently he was programmed with military discipline. Thinking back to the game, Makoto remembered that Commandramon could evolve into forms that specialized in cannons and other forms of high-level firepower. Already ideas for strategies and tactics swam around in the gamer's mind, at least until he remembered that he brought no cards with him. He'd have to obtain some from the company, enough to put together a deck at least.

That was when Commandramon cleared his throat, pointing at someone walking up behind Makoto, "Huh?" he turned around to find one of the other contestants, "Oh, uh... I'm Makoto. Friends call me Emu." he said, having forgotten whether or not he actually introduced himself to the other tamers yet, "That's, well I'm guessing you can tell he's Commandramon."

"Incidentally," Kuroda spoke up with a clearing of his throat, "it may be wise to put the Digimon back in the D-Scanners soon. You see they..." he started to say, but seemed as if he couldn't quite explain it. Thankfully Ms. Chase was there to pick up the slack.

"Even in their physical forms, the Digimon are still made up of data. For this reason, they can't sustain their physical forms for long before it becomes life-threatening to them. Apparently the real world is dangerous for them to stay in for prolonged periods of time. We think that may be one possible origin for the Cyber Beasts: Digimon programs that were somehow brought into the physical world and then stayed for too long, driving them mad." she said all this without even missing a beat or even looking up from her tablet.

"Yes, yes, couldn't have said it better myself!" said Kuroda with a clap of his hands. That was when an employee rushed into the room, looking worried about something, "What is it?" asked Kuroda, seeming a bit more serious for a change.

"We have another sighting. This one's rather close by, only a few blocks away! Police and the Special Assault Team are already en route to form a perimeter." he said, sounding a bit out of breath, probably because he'd run from whatever department he was assigned to to deliver the report.

"Fantastic!" said Kuroda, sounding strangely happy considering the seriousness of the situation, "A perfect chance for us to really put Project Destiny into action. We'll provide you transportation to the hostile site. Once there, the SAT should allow you entry. All the cards we have in print here are at your disposal, as are the upcoming sets we've previewed. Make sure you use them to make a suitable card deck before you go."

That was a relief. The part about the cards, not the Cyber Beast sighting. Truth be told, Makoto was still a bit nervous about this. Still, he was relieved to know he'd be able to construct a new deck for himself before they set out. He'd already come up with an idea for a card load-out, remembering certain cards like Positron Rifle, Rail Gun Shooter, and of course the Giga Blaster and Megamorph cards. He'd be sure to include those in his new deck. Once it was constructed, he pointed the D-Scanner at Commandramon, "Our first mission. Ready?"

The Digimon nodded and gave a short salute before he was drawn back into the D-Scanner.

Digimon: Cyber Beasts

@Double@Acid Hippie

Okay, now you can proceed. I realize my post is probably very... strange, to say the least but please play along with it. The drop outs merely gave me an opportunity to drop some early foreshadowing for what I have planned. You may react as you wish, either insisting the girls were there and then writing it off as your mind playing tricks like Makoto did, or you could - like Kuroda - merely go on as if they were never there to begin with. Either way is acceptable and plays into my future plans.