Pyromania99

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

Manaka smiled as everyone agreed to join her in her self-righteous crusade against Thor. Well, for now at least. Half of them were goody-goody two shoes as she had expected. Really, virtual space was at stake and they were worried about inconsequential things like "Morals" or "ethics". Well, whatever worked for now.

She looked at everyone, thinking about how to keep them with her. Ruruka would be the easiest. A bored rich girl? Never been easier to keep interested considering all the interesting plans she had.

Reiko seemed similarly easy so long as their goals of freedom remained. Though her threats of quitting if it got dangerous were concerning.

Issei was a crap-shoot to say the least. So far he seemed to be in so long as it didn't seem too... Fishy.

Shion seemed up to it as long as it served her sense of justice. Strength also helped some.

Harumi seemed easy enough to get a handle on. Let her make some money and she'd be happy. Nothing makes you want to help more than survival apparently.

Kotoki was the most likely of them all to be an issue. Unlike Reiko, Issei and Shion she wouldn't be the type to quit if Manaka did something wrong. She'd likely go full power to shut her down. Little girls like her were no problem of course, but that could serve certain complications.

Well, regardless, "I'm glad to have you all on board with me. I'm sad little Ruruka beat me to inviting Harumi to come live with me. We could have so much fun bathing and watching scary movies an--" Before she could continue, Raguelmon poked her in the back of the head.

"You're saying way too much, Boss." The giant cat humanoid digimon said with an embarrassed look on it's face if anyone could actually tell. "I think you should just stop before you say something wrong."

Manaka glared at the Digimon who reciprocated it. There was a small stand off until Manaka blinked, winning the match for the Digimon. "GAH! Fine." The human whined before turning to her new team again. "Anyhow, as long as you work with me, I can make sure your account is secure and no one will get into it." She seemed to be thinking. She then smiled and brought up not just one but two terminals. A feat of sorts. While it wasn't impossible, it was quite impressive to bring up to and seem to use both without problem.

"Well them everyone, the day is still young. How about we see your Digimon in action? I have JUST so happened to a perfect training ground for you all." The woman said as she did a couple of last taps on one of the terminals. On the party's UI they'd notice a display message.

You have joined the group chat, Manaka's Daring Six.

"Yay~ Now we can all keep in touch if we want. Just don't clog it up with chatter too much. We don't want it too difficult for me to give you information." When she was done with that, she went to the other terminal and seemed to be closing in with that. "Alright gang, this is a test of your skills. One warning. You WON'T be able to win against the Mega-level threat so find another way around it. Good luck!"

With that, the floor disappeared below everyone as the fell into something. Anyone that knew anything about EDEN would know what that was. A Direct Link, but where to?

It was a falling start as everyone landed in a pile. "Sorry about that. I've been working on this for a while and that was the only way I could get you in without alarms." As group got their bearings, they'd notice something was a bit amiss. There was only two others with them! Well, two humans and their digimon if they were out originally.

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Shion would find herself sitting on Kotoki and Issei under her. The area they were in was fairly bland save for some weird posters on a wall, old promotional ads for Yuzurin before she formed KuroYuri. She was about fourteen in this promo. Another featured a singer in some KISS type make-up. Along with those were some other bands that have gone defunct. The weird thing was that the pictures had a X through their picture, all except the last one which was the current KuroYuri. The man in the kiss make-up, if anyone had knowledge on pop figures, was fairly popular for a couple of months until it was revealed that he was a total creep. All of these other bands and groups seemed to have for some reason or another fallen out of grace for some reason or another.

Beyond that, there was a door that led out to what looked like a kitchen of sorts on one side. Which was weird considering there was no need to eat in EDEN, at least for humans. Oddly, there were a couple of trees in the corner of the room with... Meat hanging from them. Some thing that tended to appear on Digifarms. This certainly was not a Digifarm though.

The other side seemed to be a monitoring station of sorts. There were a lot of monitors but none seemed to be powered up with no obvious way to turn them on. Beyond those two parts of the room, there were two doors that seemed like they would lead out to somewhere else in whatever this place was. Whatever the case, there didn't seem to be any immediate danger to the group.

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In another room, Ruruka found herself on the ground laying across Harumi and Reiko's bellies. They seemed to be... In a prop closet of sorts? There were instruments and other things of the sort all around them. "Oh my, I'm sorry... I might have gotten you guys a bit too close to somewhere you shouldn't be. Please be careful you three~" Manaka said, not sounding too concerned. If they listened, they'd hear cheering. "-ren. S-. -iren." What they could hear even more was the heavy metal noises of an electric guitar and what could only be described as guttural screaming.

If they looked outside the door, they'd notice that they are in the back of some giant stage. Up front was an odd sight. An Etemon playing Guitar and a Sukamon on drums. On stage was a girl in a very exaggerated Punk Rock outfit. The source of the screaming was her. The cheer was for her it seemed. "Siren."

Siren

"Force out the illusionary sound!" She sang as the Digimon played their instruments. It was pretty loud overall. "Sail the ship to the shores! Crash! Crunch! IT IS NO MORE!" One thing was sure... They should not get caught here! There seemed to be some hoodies with an emblem for "Muse" on it. And a door that was on the opposite side of the stage from them. Luckily, there were curtains that could obscure them to the other side from the audience.

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

Manaka seemed surprised by all the pushback she got. It was most obvious that she did not expect everyone to disagree with her so much. "Wha!! Hold on, hold on! One question at a time!" The woman said, trying to get all the questions in her head. "Geez, I was hoping you all would be happy enough to learn from the best Hacker in EDEN..." Manaka muttered to herself before looking over everyone. "Alright, first thing first. I'm not an "old lady" like I think I heard from someone in the audience. Repeat offenders are subject to heavy penalties." She said, glaring at the direction of the gun toting Digimon.

The hacker cleared her throat and continued. "Now then. I'll address that question first. I actually sent out more invitations, but all the males aside Issei decided to not show up." She shrugged and moved on. "That aside, I suppose you don't know the behind the scenes of Hackers? I vetted you all very hard, I'm sure you all figured out. Do you all realize how much of an iron grip that Thor has on the major hacking groups and the higher tiered hackers?" She looked to the faces of her perspective members. "I can't just pick up anyone. Thor has their hands in way too many cookie jars. I'd rather not have a spy in here. The only reason this place is safe is because I have more than a couple of measures to make sure it was tough for you all to get here and this place was forgotten even by EDEN's programmers."

She sighed a bit. "Anyway, I'm more than sure you all wouldn't betray me for any small reason." Then she looked at Harumi and Shion. "Now, you have some issues with us being "evil" was it?" She then looked to Issei, "You as well, right Issei?" She added, remembering he said that as well. "Well, what can I say? Good, bad, Evil... They're just human concepts aren't they? Back in the day, some members of Jormungundr did some account raiding and other things, I snuffed that light out as soon as I figured it out. I didn't do that out of some sense of justice, I just didn't want other hackers to group up and beat us down. What good that did." She chuckled to herself. "I won't lie, I've done some less than scrupulous things in my day as many of you have." In particular she looked to Harumi and Ruruka as she said this.

"I'm not too worried about those sort of things though. Do what you want, that is what it means to be a hacker. Freedom. Even at the expense of others. Right? Well, Thor intends to regulate us all and put us under their thumb. Wouldn't that be terrible? Duchess, what if Thor got on you and forced you to dig up information on the Prime Minister and blackmail him to commit injustice?" She looked to the Duchess with a smile. Then to everyone else. "And this comes to Reiko's question. Why should you help me? Freedom. I mean, you also get to learn from the best hacker on EDEN and you can get a bit of money while working."

She hoped this would be enough to convince them. To be fair, she was a little hyperbolic. Thor would likely never do something like that, but things happen when people let power get to their head. "And before anyone asks, I'm sure we can win this time. We lost last time because of one deciding factor." With that, she brought up a terminal. Terminals were something familiar to any hacker. Much like the menus available, Terminals were what hackers used to bypass security and other things. The Sistermon seemed worried for a little until Manaka finished and nothing major seemed to happen. The woman put her hands on her hips as something fell from the ceiling and landed behind her. After that, something else slowly fell from behind the group and touched the ground.

Digimon 1

Digimon 2

"Say hello to my friends, Ophanimon and Raguelmon." She introduced them. "Digimon. When Thor did their takedown on Jormungundr originally, they had Digimon. It was a mass of confusion. We didn't know what hit us. Now though, with some Digimon at our side, we can win. Of course, we need to build our support and strength. I doubt that we could just go in guns blazing and win. The first thing we can easily do is hit their vassal groups and destroy or turn them."

In an attempt to not seem too threatening, Raguelmon waved at the group and gave them a smile. Ophanimon seemed a bit bothered with the entrance. "Manaka, don't you think that was a bit too dramatic?"

The woman looked at the Digimon and rolled her eyes. "Just go with it." She then looked back to the group. "Anyhow, what do you all say now? Are you with me? Or are you against me? Or are you in the group of not caring one way or another?"

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

@Double

Sorry >.<

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

@Double

Sorry, we're actually full right now. The six characters we have right now is over what I was wanting originally too so I'm going to decline for now. I can put you on a list if we need to fill a slot

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

"I'm not sure about what exactly she does, to be honest. We merely give her a place to settle." Noir mentioned again. "We do not pry. She tells us what she will and she doesn't really tell us much." She continued.

Before anyone else could do anything, the lights went out in the room. A small scream could be heard from where the nuns were followed by a sigh. Ruruka would feel someone put an arm around her shoulder and drag her slightly and then Kotoki would feel something similar. "Now, now. It's not like I'm keeping you out, I just don't need to let too much information leaking." A woman's voice said. Kotoki and Ruruka would feel something grabbing their chest slightly. "Ah, not too bad." Not much longer after, the lights came back on and if everyone followed, they'd notice that there was a woman among them, one that wasn't there before.... And she was... Doing something not exactly kosher to Kotoki and Ruruka.

The Woman

"Ah, those came on a lot faster than I expected." The woman was standing with her arms around the two girls and feeling them up. "Oh, I mean... Howdy! How's everyone today?" She asked looking around the room. "Thank you all for coming~"

From the doors where the two Sistermon came from originally, another one came through looking out of breath. "Miss Manaka! Don't mess with the server settings like that!" She complained.

Sistermon Ciel

"Take it easy, Ciel. Not like I'm hurting the server or anything! Hehehe." The woman, apparently the Manaka that they were all brought here by, teased.

Sistermon Noir cleared her throat loudly to get Manaka's attention. "Regardless, perhaps you could stop such acts in a Cathedral." She requested, pointing at where the woman's hands were.

Manaka rolled her eyes and took her hands off the two girls, backing off slightly to prove she wasn't doing "such acts" anymore. "Alright, I can never win against your on that subject Noir." Manaka added, looking over the group of people. She seemed rather pleased with something. "Well then, welcome to the Cathedral everyone. Temporary base of operations for now until we can make a foothold in EDEN. She continued. "My name is Manaka. No one probably knows me at all since I tried to keep myself rather secret, but I am the original founder of Jormungundr years ago. A pleasure to meet you all. Now, you may be wondering why I've invited you all here."

She started to say everyone's name and pointing them out in a crowd. "Ruruka, Kotoki, Shion, Issei the lone male here, Harumi and Reiko. I want everyone here to help me. First, to rebuild Jormungundr. Second... to destroy Thor. I can never forgive them for shutting down Jormungundr years ago. You all are aspiring Hackers in some way shape or form and while I'm probably the most experience and most skilled Hacker in all of Japan, even I can't solo the entirety of Thor. So I want your help to erase them from EDEN." She looked very confident. "Any questions? Concerns? Oh! But, Ruruka, Kotoki, don't worry... B-cups are beautiful in their own right!"

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@Hammerman

"Manaka's Digimon? Oh, no! We are not. We're what you might call... System Digimon? Us three Sistermon were stationed here to fit the setting." Noir mentioned, motioning to the area around them. "This place was originally created and populated with us three and Seraphimon about a year ago for in system marriages. They decided against implementing us into the public servers so they shoved us in the back effectively. We are happy to have company after a year. Seraphimon disappeared so it's just been us Sistermon."

Blanc stepped forward a slight bit. [b]"Yea! Even if it's been one or two people and their Digimon... It's been nice to talk to people! Like... Umm... Manaka has mentioned that his place is 'out there'. Is that true? We've never left!"[b]

Noir giggled a little bit. "At ease, sister. We'll have time to ask them questions later if they allow us. Remember, calmness is a virtue." She patted her little sister on the head and looked back to the Hacker-to-be asking questions. "That aside, Miss Manaka is indeed the one trying to recruit you all. You might say she's..."

"Odd!" Blanc mentioned abrasively.

"Blanc! Take care that the woman herself doesn't hear you say that." Obviously, Noir shared a similar opinion. "But yes. She is a bit on the eccentric side. She's a good person, I think." She didn't sound amazingly convinced of that though. "If you ever are in need of help, or had questions, we are here." Noir added before resuming her position she had very slightly moved from since they started talking.

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

"Well, I would love to say my success is all due to my thousands upon thousands of fans out there!" Akihabara was as one would expect. Otaku central some might call it. An interview with the famous idol Yuzurin of KuroYuri resounded in the area. She frequented the area, so she was extra popular here. That wasn't the reason that six people were invited to the area. Particularly, there is a casual EDEN Cafe.

Yuzurin

"Now then, Yuzurin, what is the next stage for KuroYuri, the most popular all-girl group in Japan?" The interviewer asked. It was about this time that the meeting was to take place. The location? The aforementioned EDEN cafe.

Yuzurin smiled to the question. "The next step? Well, there's only one more step for us. We may be the most popular all-girl group, surpassing even AKB of the past... But of course there's one group ahead of us and we challenge them earnestly!"

Background noise, something to listen to as aspiring Jormungundr members walked to the cafe.

There were six different invitations, all sent over Line. Each slightly personalized before a default body.

Ruruka's Invitation

Ruruka Kozuki,

Hello there~ You don't know me but I know all about you. Rashomon sounds like a Digimon now, perhaps your family should consider changing it. That's beside the point I suppose. Perhaps you have heard of organized Hackers. From what I've gathered, you are rather good at what you do. Seems you're fairly handy with Digimon. Perhaps we could help each other. You want information on Digimon, and Jormungundr wants you.

Now, should you agree, come to Akiba. There's this small net/EDEN cafe called "Net Sheep Cafe". You can figure out where exactly. When you get there, use the attached barcode and you'll get some free usage there. It's a safe place, guaranteed by yours truly. Security is top notch and if you happen to get hacked, it's your money back. When you get into the system, check your Digivice and you'll receive a URL to go to. We'll meet there.

Duchess Investigation

Duchess

Or... Should I call you Kotoki Tanaka? It doesn't matter to me, you've seemed to do good work in my books. I hope you don't get to riled up by my... Discovery. Really, I doubt too many people out there could. If you're curious, I would love for you to come join us. Jormungundr has interest in your abilities, as do I in you~

Now, should you agree, come to Akiba. There's this small net/EDEN cafe called "Net Sheep Cafe". You can figure out where exactly. When you get there, use the attached barcode and you'll get some free usage there. It's a safe place, guaranteed by yours truly. Security is top notch and if you happen to get hacked, it's your money back. When you get into the system, check your Digivice and you'll receive a URL to go to. We'll meet there.

Shion Kana

Shion

Hello, Hello.~ While you don't fit our typical member, we could use someone of your skill. As you know, Digimon are widely used by both Hacker and Normie alike. You are fairly well known for your handling of your Digimon, if you didn't know and we need some more muscle. While you may not be a traditional Hacker, having Digimon basically makes you into one of sorts anyway. Jormungundr wants you as we think you should want it.

Now, should you agree, come to Akiba. There's this small net/EDEN cafe called "Net Sheep Cafe". You can figure out where exactly. When you get there, use the attached barcode and you'll get some free usage there. It's a safe place, guaranteed by yours truly. Security is top notch and if you happen to get hacked, it's your money back. When you get into the system, check your Digivice and you'll receive a URL to go to. We'll meet there.

Issei Katsuki

Issei,

You might be one of the harder ones to get information about which is an accomplishment. You are quite the sneaky individual and I mean that in all the best ways! We of Jormungundr are interested in using your abilities. Of course, you may be wanted to prank as is your M.O. This much is fine. If you are interested, we'll give you a bit of an outlet for this. Of course it is your choice.

Now, should you agree, come to Akiba. There's this small net/EDEN cafe called "Net Sheep Cafe". You can figure out where exactly. When you get there, use the attached barcode and you'll get some free usage there. It's a safe place, guaranteed by yours truly. Security is top notch and if you happen to get hacked, it's your money back. When you get into the system, check your Digivice and you'll receive a URL to go to. We'll meet there.

Harumi Tada

Harumi-tan~

Hello~ You are QUITE the hard worker. Living by yourself? How can I not feel for you? Oh, I wish I could take care of you! Well, I probably could, but I doubt you would stand for that would you? No, likely not! Anyways, you have a good number of interesting results in your history, you know? The meltdown of that especially famous couple? Oof, priceless! With that in mind, we of Jormungundr would love to count you amongst our ranks! Would you like to join us?

Now, should you agree, come to Akiba. There's this small net/EDEN cafe called "Net Sheep Cafe". You can figure out where exactly. When you get there, use the attached barcode and you'll get some free usage there. It's a safe place, guaranteed by yours truly. Security is top notch and if you happen to get hacked, it's your money back. When you get into the system, check your Digivice and you'll receive a URL to go to. We'll meet there.

Reiko

Reiko,

While reading this, I wonder which "you" you happen to be today. The good little school girl? Or the firewall breaker? The actor? Or the heart of you? Are you bored of it all? Letting others decide how you should act for their sake rather than your own? Well, I suppose a world without conflict is easy. But what if I can give you something exciting? Something to put your skills to use? Perhaps you could find yourself. While maybe not a fighter, you know how to use your digimon as well. Jormungundr could use your skills. We believe you could be an asset to us, and we an asset to you.

Now, should you agree, come to Akiba. There's this small net/EDEN cafe called "Net Sheep Cafe". You can figure out where exactly. When you get there, use the attached barcode and you'll get some free usage there. It's a safe place, guaranteed by yours truly. Security is top notch and if you happen to get hacked, it's your money back. When you get into the system, check your Digivice and you'll receive a URL to go to. We'll meet there.

Net Sheep Cafe itself had a sign up front with the name spelt out in English letters with a cute little sheep picture of it's mascot Meep-chan. The inside was set up so that each customer has their own cubical as to give them privacy. The cashier was what one might consider a pretty boy. He'd welcome customers with, "Welcome to Net Sheep Cafe."

Cashier

The boy was nice and quickly pegged each of them as one of the "special customers" that were to get free sessions from "a mysterious patron" of sorts. That aside, he pointed out the reserved spots for each of them and let them on their way with nothing else but a smile on his face.

From there, it was a simple scan to get the URL and enter Eden to go find the server. Once there, well, it was probably something they wouldn't expect. Especially with the name of Jormungundr. It looked like a huge Cathedral, oddly. "Oh! They're here! Sisters!" A girl's voice could be heard off in the distance, though nothing to be seen.

Cathedral Server

"How correct you are, sister! Mostly on time aren't they? Ciel, would you kindly go and fetch Manaka? Blanc and I will go greet the guests."

"As you wish sister."

From a side door, two girls walked toward in nun outfits. At least, it looked like that at first. They had a similar look to nuns, but they definitely weren't if the animal faces on their headpieces were to tell anything.

Blanc

Noir

The one in black spoke. "Greetings, dear guests, to the Forgotten Cathedral. A place forgotten to EDEN save those few brave souls who venture here. I am Noir, and this Blanc."

"Gr-greetings!" Blanc added in with a small bow and a large smile.

Noir smiled at the group as well. "Miss Manaka will be here shortly. I would suggest ntroducing yourselves to each other. You're as likely aware as I am that Miss Manaka probably doesn't need any introductions from you as you do from each other." She waved at the area behind her. "This place was originally intended for marriages, however, that idea itself was scrapped yet the Cathedral still remains. Miss Manaka and Jormungundr has been very kind to us so feel free to come and go as you please." With that, they step back and stand as if NPCs in some game, waiting for a player to interact with them.

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

I'm always up for a Discord.

I do have a character coming by the way; just rethinking some things.

@King Cosmos

You're good, if I wasn't lazy and started replaying Cyber Sleuth I'd get started on the first post since I have most of what I need anyhow.

Anyhow, I've generated a discord

discord.gg/mVFMUUN

Go ahead and join my friends!

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

Hey everyone! Did you all want to make a discord for this so communication's a bit easier?

Digimon Hackers: Jormungundr

Hey everyone! Did you all want to make a discord for this so communication's a bit easier?