tamerlogs | 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!

Threaded | Flat

"So how does this help us with our bond?"The maze had been a simple matter, and Erichthonios had decided that the temporary platforms might not simply hold his weight so in he'd waded, with Guilmon perched comfortably on his shoulders, claws tangled in his bright orange hair. "Do you feel more bonded?"

The Amaurotine himself, neck deep in water and contentedly picking his way through the obstacle (it is in his opinion, rather pleasant), doesn't seem to be much in a rush. He's keeping an eye out for others who might be having trouble.. after all, neck deep on him is far over the heads of most others. "I feel about the same. We can work on some water exercises if you want, swim around a little. Even if we don't get a stronger bond, we can have some fun, right?"

This is not the point! Of the obstacle!

Maybe having him in there is a safety net for other tamers, surely he could fish someone out if they run into trouble!

one

The argument between them has been long and difficult. Wanyamon has evolvled, but there's still more evolving to do! And while he's up for the challenge, Kouga still considers it beneath him.

Even so, he's been dragged to the obstacle course by his Digimon, if only to watch others. He keeps an appraising eye on all of the participants, and finally there's a lull.

"Let's go, let's go!" Wanyamon grabs Kouga's pant leg with his teeth, trying to drag him to the course.

Help him? Shove him towards the course? It might be difficult, but it's possible!

two

One way or another he's here on the obstacle course. It doesn't take much for Kouga to get through the maze (though he's tempted to cut through it) but the pool poses a bit of a challenge. Whille he can take the ropes across, Wanyamon on the other hand...

"Those platforms look wobbly..." The little Digimon looks uncertain.

three

An act together? Kouga has a lot of skills, but Wanyamon is a little less than certain about his own. He's racking his little digi-brain to try to figure out something to do...

"We could dance?" "No." "Sing?" "Absolutely not."

They're having a bit of trouble.

waterworks

Nara'a and Botamon don't seem to have any problem with the maze, but when they reach the pool Botamon freezes and refuses to move further. He wants to evolve, he really does, but...

"Scary..." Nara'a jumps into the water, staying afloat easily. "If you fall in, I'll catch you." "Um..."

Help?

dance dance

He's no stranger to making a fool ou tof himself, but it's a little difficult to try to incorporate his Digimon into the act. He sits down and talks to him for a while before they come up with a plan.

Finally they take to the stage, and Nara'a grabs his little partner, carefully making a little nest/sling of his cape. The two of them start to dance, with the Digimon doing mostly just... wiggles. Nara'a on the other hand does twists and turns, careful to not do flips that might dislodge his partner. At the end, they get a round of applause.

He rushes off the stage, a little shy - but his partner is glowing! What's he going to become? Nara'a quickly unravels him from the cape and sets his partner on the ground, watching curiously.

obstacle demolishing

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.

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Kouga and Wanyamon

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