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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[chainsthatbind]

"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!

[rosesoul]

"See, Lalamon?" said Yoshino, as she passed nearby, carried over the water by her partner, Lalamon. "Those two have the right idea. This is supposed to be enjoyable."

"Enjoyable, sure," the Plant Digimon wheezed. "Yoshino...you've put on weight in the last five years..."

"Hey!" Yoshino cried, scowling.

[chainsthatbind]

Guilmon and Erichthonios tilt backwards slightly to watch Lalamon and Yoshino, the digimon befuddled and the Ancient amused. That's not how it worked for them ... poor Guilmon could never manage to carry him.

"Jump in!" The encouragement is prompt, and comes with enthusiastically waved foreclaws on the crimson digimon's part. "That's enjoyable, right?? Come on!"

There's something suspiciously like a laugh from Erichthonios, who is pretty sure Lalamon dumping Yoshino in the water and then jumping in would NOT help strengthen any bonds. "They might not know how to swim, you know."

"You'll catch them then, right?"

"..Well, yes, but-"

"Then it's fine! COME ON! GET IN!!"

[rosesoul]

The pair stopped in mid-air, with Yoshino looking nervous about the idea.

"Uhm, I'm not sure," she said. "I'm not really dressed for falling into the water..."

"Take him up on it!"

"Eh? But Lalamon-!"

TAKE! HIM! UP! ON! IT!!!"

In the next moment, Lalamon dropped her partner herself, letting out a relieved sigh as Yoshino fell towards the water. Yoshino? Screamed that Ericthonios had better catch her.

... belatedly ...

[chainsthatbind]

"Here we go!!" An unwilling dive is surely just as good as a willing one! Guilmon cheers with delight as Lalamon drops her partner, doing absolutely nothing at all to help with something like 'catching' or even 'not being in the way'. She nearly topples from her own perch as Erichthonios suddenly makes a grab for the falling Yoshino.

It's a good thing he's so much bigger than normal humans, or this would get awkward really fast. As it is he has to stretch a bit to not only catch her but keep her above water; thankfully his hands are big enough to make a smallish platform for her to hold onto.

"Come on down too, Lalamon! There's plenty of room!" Hey is he being volunteered--

[rosesoul]

Yoshino's eyes widened as she landed in the palm, and immediately moved to hold onto whatever she could so she didn't fall in the water.

"...This is weird," she said, laughing nervously.

Lalamon didn't drop down so much as she deflated and sort of drifted down in the way a falling leaf might. Luckily, she managed to land next to Yoshino, breathing a sigh of relief.