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Mid-month event: Bonding Exercises
"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!
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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Seto Kaiba is an incredibly competitive person. Petitmon, influenced by her partner, has become excited about dominating this competition! As he runs and climbs, she flutters her little wings as fast as she can, bobbing and bouncing alongside him. They're going to do this! There's just...one mishap along the way, when Seto's sweaty hands slide on the ropes above the pool. Oops.
After a brief plunge (and a dive after her partner), Petitmon has finally evolved into Babydmon! She's getting the hang of her new flotation, but beware: if you happen to pass by them too closely on the course, you might get a whiff of some spicy gas, or a splatter from Kaiba's drenched clothes.
"Coming through!" he calls as he leaps onto the wall. He bounds up, making squelch-squelch sounds as he goes. Babydmon just laughs.
"Excuse us please!" Babydmon adds.
after the finale
Kaiba has perhaps indulged Babydmon a little too much in her desires. She wants to dance, as she'd seen at the arcade way back then...and so she dances, swirling surprisingly gracefully in her bigger, floatier body. Kaiba is mostly a prop to her performance, slowly rotating as she whirls around him. There's a steady drip-drip and squelch-squelch, as he's still soaked from the pool. She just laughs as she goes.
But she has a big idea for the finale! She'll use her new stronger powers to dry him off, so she takes a big breath and puffs herself up like a big dragon! She stretches her little wings as far as they'll go! She huffs, puffs...and Seto is engulfed in a cloud of hot, smelly gas. He sputters, presses the heels of his hands into his eyes, and retreats from the stage.
He can be found hunched over a chair, still coughing a little. Babydmon is curled around his neck.
"But my cloud was so big, right?"
"...it was. But we have to work on when to use it." Kaiba very much looks like he would like to leave, dry off, and go to bed as soon as possible, but he needs to stay for the other acts. Hopefully the next one will be a winner.
[after the finale]
"Hey there," she said. "I noticed that could have ended better...do you need anything? Water maybe?"
"Oxygen?" Lalamon offered, before being elbowed in the side by Yoshino.
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"Water would be great, thanks."
"See, Seto-kun? Everything's gonna be okay!" Babydmon, utterly content with herself, lightly nuzzles her human's cheek. He pets her, willing to let that be for now.
"The plan...had to change when she evolved. There wasn't time."
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"Right!" her partner introduced, before fluttering off to get Kaiba's water.
"I don't think we've been introduced," said Yoshino, turning back to Kaiba and Babydmon. "I'm Fujieda Yoshino, and my partner's name is Lalamon."
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"And I'm her partner, Seto Kaiba," he introduces himself with a tired nod. "We're focusing on training, but she loves everyone."
"Life's more fun when you're happy," Babydmon observes sagely. Seto answers her with a soft harrumph.
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"Words to live by," she said. "And training, huh? I see. Well, you got to the end of this course and your partner evolved, so I'd say you succeeded at that."
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Kaiba pats her fondly, as she giggles and wraps herself around his neck as she does. "As long as you don't eat my duel disk again. Or anyone else's device."
"But they're so shiny and crunchy..."
"I'm going to get you gems. Be patient."
She whines a little, but relents. It'll be okay if Seto-kun feeds her, and she knows he will.
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"I read in the Handbook that you can find a bunch at a place called RGB Ridge," said Lalamon.
"Oh really? Huh. Well, if you need any help, Lalamon and I are pretty experienced! We could help you gather some and try and deal with any wild Digimon."