How many party members is that, now? 12? Not counting all the NPCs and other periphery characters, of course. The IC is going to be even harder for me to keep track of, isn't it?
Maybe I'll come up with some reason to temporarily write my own people out for a little while to at least temporarily thin the herd a little bit...?
"Um, what are we doing next?" asked Makoto, finally. He dreaded the answer, and unfortunately the look Ms. Chase gave told him exactly what he was hoping not to hear.
"We wait. We don't yet possess the means to predict Cyber Beast activity, so until we do all you can do is wait for them to show themselves. As Mr. Kuroda said, you're free to use these facilities for practice or recreation. You'll even find dormitories we've prepared down the hall, in case this mission takes longer than we anticipated." the letters the Tamers received specified that part of the prize they were selected for was this trip of theirs to be considered a week-long vacation, so for now that would have to suffice as their explanation for staying at the headquarters, although D-Connect admittedly hadn't planned for the possibility that the crisis wouldn't be solved within that allotted time. Should the week pass and the Cyber Beasts still were not eradicated fully, the company would have to cross that bridge when they reached it.
Without any better ideas Makoto decided to log into one of the computers nearby. If all he could do was wait then he might as well spend that waiting time doing something productive. First, though, he decided to check his emails. The inbox was empty, save for one recent message from... an unknown sender. That was more than a little suspicious, the message didn't even have a subject. Against his better judgement, Makoto's curiosity got the better of him and he opened the email. It was... a poem?
Trust, the most sacred of virtues. It is always earned, but must never be demanded.
Trust in yourself, but only your own beliefs. Cast out all your doubts, to them always answer: No!
One alone is never enough, but sometimes must suffice. Give strength to others, but do not let them become your only strength.
No matter the trials, no matter the hardships remember always to be a human first, in heart and soul Especially.
Not for the world, and not even for your friends but for yourself, for it may be all you have left.
When darkness falls, and gives way for the monsters a Hero fights, with only his heart to guide Him.
He looks to the path before him, be it smooth or rocky and follows it nonetheless, his choices set in stone.
But he is not discouraged, but instead is only determined as you must be, to falter and give up, you Cannot.
Win this war, and save us all.
-D.K.
Makato just stared blankly. The... poem or whatever it was didn't make any sense. There were certain words and phrases used that made it strikingly insightful to the current situation with the Cyber Beasts, but otherwise it was just poetic musings about humanity and heroism that probably belonged in a comic book somewhere, "You guys may want to look at this. It was in my inbox, I thought it was just some random poem but some of it is phrased like the sender knows what we're doing. And does anyone know anybody called D.K.? Cause I don't."
Oh good, a giant mech. It's not like we weren't overpowered enough already between the two separate armies of Nobodies and fleet gummi ships at our beckoned call.
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