Mid-month event: Bonding Exercises

[tamerunion]

"The bond between Tamer and partner is the key." Those were the words Sunflowmon's predecessors had passed down in the records Nanomon had recovered. Obviously, it had been suited towards all sorts of situations, but for Sunflowmon, she knew she had to help and try to foster a strengthened bond between the Tamers and their partners. So many hadn't even evolved past Baby level, after all!

Her answer to try and help with this? Was to organize an obstacle course for the Tamers and their partners to get through. The rules would be simple: No one could pass the obstacle course without doing so alongside their partners. Aside from that? Anything aside from outright sabotaging other participants would be allowed.

The obstacle course would begin with a run through a small maze that had been set up on the training grounds of Tamer Union HQ. It would continue inside to the pool, where Tamers would have to find a way to cross without walking around it; there were ropes hanging from a bar that one could grab onto, temporary platforms that could be hopped across (but wait too long and they'd drop into the water), as well as the option of just swimming across... if you and your partner could both swim, that is.

From there, the trail would lead back outside to the other half of the training grounds, to a wall that both Tamers and partners would have to scale, followed by another track where one had to go over large logs... and then finally, to the biggest challenge of them all:

A stage where partner and Tamer would have to perform an act for a group of assembled Digimon. Any act would do, and it was fine of one ended up totally bombing onstage. But nevertheless, they would have to do something, and they'd have to do it together.

It was daunting, but in Sunflowmon's mind, doable. Anything to strengthen the connection between partner and Tamer!

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[steelfanged]

Wanyamon nods at Petitmon, his fur bristling a little as ha approaches the pool. Kouga huffs at Kaiba and follows once the platform is clear, perfectly balancing as the platform shakes slightly.

"Look, you have to put your weight here - hm." Wanyamon doesn't really have legs to spread the weight evenly with. Maybe he was expecting too much. "Come on. Or are you going to wait until I'm gone?"

"No!" Wanyamon jumps onto the platform, scooting under Kouga's legs. "See! I'm here!"

[blue_ice]

Seto looks up at the swinging ropes. If Kouga's taking the platform, then...guess Seto and Petitmon get to swing over. He takes a few steps back, crouches...and runs for it, leaping at the first rope. He hits it and latches on with considerable force, then reaches and awkwardly wraps around the next one. He can do it, he can do it...

...except he's losing momentum. This isn't good.

"Hang on!" Petitmon cries, fluttering her little wings as rapidly as she can. She's trying to give them a boost---but given that she's so small, he's left dangling above the water and starting to slip.

He grits his teeth and tries to rock himself back and forth to regain momentum.

"We need more air!"

"I'm trying!"

"I know---it's okay---" He tries to smile for Petitmon, but oh dear, he's slipping. Slipping. Gone. There's a great splash and he disappears, leaving Petitmon to fly above in a panic.

"Seto-kun!" She dives after him, a glowing white light starting to emit from her---it envelopes her, and as she slips under the surface, her form shifts into a small green seahorse. She latches onto Seto's wrist and heaves him up...

...and he huffs, blowing his hair out of his eyes. "I'm fine---you...Petitmon?"

"I'm Babydmon now! C'mon, let's go!" And she latches onto Seto, and together they swim across. Guess this is how it's happening. Can they catch up?

[steelfanged]

Kouga watches the antics impassively, sharp eyes noting the differences between Petitmon and Babydmon. Curious... like he'd seen Dodomon do when he became Wanyamon. The Digimon in question bounces a little angrily.

"You're going too fast. I can't keep up! I don't have legs, you know!" Kouga rolls his eyes and scoops the fuzzy little Digimon into his arms, holding him carefully as he jumps from platform to platform, touching down on the other side easily.

"... I knew you cared." "I don't." He huffs and looks back towards Seto and the new Digimon. "Are you two done playing around in the water?" Wanyamon headbutts his partner gently. "Give them a break. They fell in! Not everyone trains all the time like you."

Kouga at last gives a very slight smile at that - or is it a smirk? It's difficult to tell.

[blue_ice]

Seto's hackles are drawn in that familiar way, the fire of competition igniting in him once more. He won't back down! He'll figure this out!

He cuts through the water as quickly as he can, abandoning his coat to the depths. He can fish it out later. For now he needs to climb out and get back to a running start, Babydmon zipping through the air beside him.

"It's not over yet!" Squelch, squelch go his boots. He's flinging water everywhere. It's...awkward, and a little cold, but he has to keep going.

[steelfanged]

Kouga huffs under his breath and starts dashing for the wall, Wanyamon's fur blowing back from the speed. He jumps for the top of the wall... but doesn't make it. He does, however, catch the rope and start climbing, Wanyamon chomping down on the tamer's coat to keep steady.

He can't climb it himself - he doesn't have arms, either!

[blue_ice]

Kaiba is determined to make a comeback here. He leaps at the rope, swings at the wall feet first...and squelch, squelch. Up he goes. Babydmon easily flies up, deciding to cheer for everyone from the top.

"Don't give up, you're almost there!"

"Are you cheering for me or them?"

"...both?"

"Really." Kaiba huffs, but in stubbornness he makes it to the top. Was he too slow, perhaps...but he's determined to hop down and finish.

[steelfanged]

He smirks and looks down at Kaiba from near the top of the wall. Even a trainee can climb a wall - he did when he was young, at least. And so did all of the rest of -

- No. He doesn't need to think of them now. He looks up at Babydramon and dashes for the top of the wall. He picks up Wanyamon in his arms and turns, kicking off the wall and landing neatly a small distance away. "You'd better catch up." He calls back to Kaiba.

Logs next... he tucks his little Digimon under his arm and tries to not think of the last obstacle. He starts running and leaping over the assembled logs, clearing them easily without even really looking at them.