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Digimon Adventure 01x14 - Set Sail! To a New Continent! / Departure for a New Continent

Previously on Digimon Adventure: Takeru's Partner Digimon finally evolved! And then he exploded, giving Takeru a story that he'll be telling his therapist well into his forties. Fortunately for him, when your Tamagotchi shits itself to death, you can always start over from scratch. But it's just not the same.

Now, with Devimon defeated and File Island restored, a strange hologram of a man has revealed himself to the seven children.

At long last, someone who understands what's going on is here to explain the plot to the gathered children.

Old Man: So you are the Chosen Children. Very impressive, given that you've defeated Devimon. Taichi: Who are you!? Yamato: An ally of Devimon!? Old Man: Don't worry; I'm on your side. Sora: It's amazing to finally see another human besides us in this world. Old Man: Well, although I am human, at the same time, I am not. Mimi: Are you obake? Old Man: --hrmph!?

As previously discussed in episode 12, bakemono is an umbrella term for a variety of shapeshifting yokai who take on other forms, often to deceive humans. Obake is another word for bakemono; Mimi's accusing the old man of being the same sort of creature as those "worshippers" that Jou and Sora encountered.

Mimi's question takes Gennai completely offguard, causing him to verbally flinch and turn to look at her. He picks back up like that didn't happen a moment later, but it seems she rattled him.

Over in the dub:

Old Man: So, you children are the DigiDestined. You must be strong to have defeated Devimon. Tai: Who are you? Matt: Are you a friend of Devimon's? Old Man: Fear not, for I am a friend to all! And yet, I am a friend to none. Sora: I can't believe it! There are actually other humans besides us in this world. Old Man: I am human! And yet, I am not human. Mimi: This is confusing. Old Man: HRM!!!

"Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? 'If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up. If you want to go left, you have to go right.'" ~Mystery Men

This bit might have been screwed out of the gate. We don't have a similar concept to obake in American reference pools common enough for children to pick up on. Even the subtitlers had to go with "ghost", which doesn't quite convey the right idea.

Unfortunately, that leaves him grunting aggressively at Mimi for what seems like no reason. Since the obake line is untranslatable, this may have been a good spot to insert a Valley Girl Mimi quip instead. Give him something to react negatively to.

Old Man: ...My name is Gennai. Because of Devimon's interference, I couldn't contact you sooner. I'm glad to finally meet all of you. Koushiro: Contacting us from where, exactly? Gennai: I'm on Server Continent, which is pretty far away from File Island. Sora: How long have you been there, Gennai-san? Gennai: I've always been in this world. Mimi: Were you the one who brought us here? Gennai: ...no, I'm not. Mimi: Then who did? Gennai: Well... (long pause) ...I don't know. Takeru: Do you at least know what we have to do to return to our world? Gennai: I don't know that either. Takeru: What the hell, Grandpa!? We can't depend on you at all!

Mimi is acing this interrogation. She has destroyed Gennai's mystique. Poking all sorts of buttons he doesn't want poked. He's trying so hard to present himself as the kindly old mentor figure and she's just like "Ohhh you're an Imposter who did this to us, gotcha."

Old Man: Now, my name is Gennai. I couldn't send you this transmission during your battle with Devimon but now the lines are clearer and only ten cents a minute! Izzy: Well, who are you? And just where are you? Gennai: I am speaking to you far away from File Island, across the ocean on the continent of Server. Sora: Talk about a long-distance call! How long have you been here? Gennai: Since before the beginning, until after the end. Mimi: Are you the one who got us stuck here in the Digital World? Gennai: ...it was not I. Mimi: Then who was it? Gennai: It was... (long pause) I dunno. T.K.: But Mr. Gennai, sir, do you know what we need to do so that we can all get back home again? Gennai: No, I don't. Tai: Boy, you're a regular fountain of information, aren't you!?

With the exception of the phone service jokes inserted to break up the conversation, this dialogue is almost completely identical.

Though it's worth noting that Gennai's name is said differently. In Japanese, it's pronounced "Gen-nye" with a hard 'g'. In English, it's "Jen-nye" with a soft 'g'.

Gennai: But I'm depending on you. You must come to Server Continent and defeat the enemy here. As the Chosen Children, you should be able to do this. Koushiro: But we don't know how to get there. Gennai: You're right. I'll send you a map through your laptop. Jou: But there's no way we can defeat an enemy that's more powerful than Devimon! Gennai: Not so. You can, if your Digimon evolve to an even higher stage. Agumon: We can evolve further!? Gennai: You will need these in order to do so. By inserting a Crest into this Tag, you Digimon can achieve higher evolution. Gabumon: Where can we find these Tags and Crests? Gennai: Well... The Crests are scattered across Server Continent. As for the Tags, Devimon gathered them up and hid them somewhe-- (Suddenly, Gennai's hologram fritzes out) Gennai: Oh no... ...Devi--... ...interference....

The device shuts down from there, leaving the kids to make do with the information they got. The dub covers this part practically verbatim.

Koushiro checks his laptop and, sure enough, Gennai sent the map. File Island is a pinprick compared to Server Continent.

(Japan's actually pretty huge but in terms of relative position to the continent, it makes me think of Japan's position in the sea relative to Asia. I wonder if that's deliberate?)

Meanwhile, the kids break for dinner.

Koushiro: It looks like he was at least able to send the map. Sora: What should we do now? Taichi: Let's get off this mountain first. We can decide on something after we eat!

I love how the dub presents this exchange.

Tentomon: Gennai's transmission ended rather abruptly. Izzy: Well, at least he was able to send the map through before he got cut off. Sora: I hope he's alright. What's our next move going to be? Tai: Huh. I've got a foolproof plan: First we'll eat something, and after that I'm open to suggestions!

XD Foolproof indeed. Never change, Tai.

Given that they've had a long day, the kids decide to break here. They head back down the mountain and forage up dinner so they can decide what to do on full stomachs.

During this time, Yamato finds Takeru sitting by the water with his Digitama.

Yamato: Takeru? Takeru: It's nothing. I was just hoping my Digitama would hatch soon and grow. Yamato: Your Digimon will join everyone here soon enough. Takeru: Yeah! You're right!

It's a small moment, but a sweet opportunity for Yamato to be Takeru's big brother.

Over in the dub, Matt may be confused about how this works.

Matt: T.K.? T.K.: Ohh, I was just wishing my Digi-Egg would hurry up and hatch already so it can grow up! Matt: Don't sweat it, lil' bro! When your Digimon hatches, it'll be the coolest one yet! T.K.: Egg-xactly!

They just wanted to make that pun. But also, uh, no, Matt. It'll be the same one he had before.

Once dinner's out of the way, it's time for the kids to decide on next steps. We all heard what Gennai said. But. What do we do with his request?

Taichi: Now that we're all nice and fed, let's figure out what we should do next. Sora: Gennai-san told us to go to Server Continent, but.... Koushiro: If this map is right, then it's a far distance from here. Mimi: I can't swim more than 25 meters. It's impossible for me. Jou: Do we have to go? Devimon is gone from this island. The Black Gears are gone too. This last week we've been here has made us more or less familiar with the landmarks. There's plenty of water and food, too. Sora: What are you trying to say? Jou: Can we even trust what this Gennai said? Is there really even a Server Continent? Taichi: Hey, what's all this about!? We can't get back to our own world if we just sit here! Sora: It took everything we had to defeat Devimon. But there's going to be even stronger enemies waiting for us. Koushiro: Besides, how would we even cross the ocean to reach the continent? Mimi: There might be weird Digimon over there too! Jou: Uh-huh. Yamato: Maybe we should look around here a little longer. Taichi: What the hell, guys!? Takeru: Let's go! Yamato: Takeru? Takeru: I don't know what enemies are waiting for us, but let's try! I'm sure that's what Angemon would have said. That's why I.... Agumon: We'll come too! We can evolve further if you have the Tags and Crests, right?

I'm glad this comes up because it's worth debating. These kids, now aware of what they've been drafted into, are being asked to risk drowning in the ocean for the sake of going to a foreign land and fighting a war. And without even the barest smidge of hope that this will actually connect to sending them home, which is still only Koushiro's speculation.

And if there is no reason to believe we'll ever return home, then "What if we just stay here and build our lives on this tropical island?" is a question worth discussing. If they're lost forever, there are worse places to be lost than File Island.

But once the Digimon begin to cast their votes, the tide of the conversation changes completely. One by one, each of the Digimon implores their kid, and each of the kids relents and agrees to go to Server. Even Jou puts up little fuss.

Once again, the dialogue here is near completely identical in the dub. With two notable differences, both of which center on Mimi. Her first line about only swimming 25 meters is changed out to:

Mimi: I can't even swim across the bathtub! It's impossible for me.

While her second line about weird Digimon is replaced with:

Mimi: We don't even know what the fashions are like on Server!

To be fair, worrying about weird Digimon is a redundant complaint to raise when we've already been told there's going to be far more powerful enemies over there waiting for us. Though, given that Mimi's been harassed twice in the last week, it's possible she means "weird" in more of a gross way.

But if that's the case, I wouldn't expect the 90's localization team to actually translate this as, "We might run into more Digi-Perverts!"

So begins the greatest logistical undertaking the kids have had to do since arriving on this island. They're going to need to build a raft capable of taking all thirteen-plus-egg across the ocean.

Koushiro: It looks like it'll take a long time just to cut down the trees. Sora: There's no point in rushing. Let's not be hasty.

It's at that moment that Sora notices the sound of heavy footfalls coming their way. Turning around, she spots Leomon on approach. Given their history with Mr. Kill the Children, it's natural that she has a kneejerk panic response.

Sora: WAUGH!!! Koushiro: Leomon!? Leomon: I've heard you're leaving for Server Continent. Sora: How did you know that? Leomon: Some of us monsters love to gossip. I was wondering if you needed any help with anything. Sora: (excited) You'll really help us? Leomon: There's more than enough helping hands.

As he says, more Digimon begin to arrive. Kentarumon, Mojamon, and Elecmon are next to show up, followed by Monzaemon and Yukidarumon. Then Meramon and countless villager Pyocomon.

Before long, the residents of File Island have assembled an impressive raft to send the children off.

Before long, they have a seaworthy vessel for crossing the ocean.

Taichi: It's done! Koushiro: Looks like it has good balance, too! Jou: Can we really cross the ocean with this? Taichi: We've already decided to go! We'll have to use this. Leomon: With your abilities, I'm sure you can cross the ocean safely. Taichi: Thank you, Leomon! We couldn't have done this without you!

Meanwhile, in the dub, Joe has a different concern.

Tai: Alright! Izzy: It's hydrodynamically designed! Joe: I think I'm getting seasick already.... Tai: Get a grip, Joe; It'll have to do! Leomon: Believe me, that raft is strong enough to get you across the ocean. Tai: Thanks, Leomon! We never could have done it without your help!

Notably, Leomon's line is different between versions. In the original, he puts faith in the children to be able to make this journey, while Dub Leomon puts his faith in the raft he just made. Rude.

As soon as the raft is finished, there's even more good news!

Poyomon hatches from his Digitama to greet the world! This little newborn goop ball can't even speak words beyond reciting his name like a Pokemon. "Poyo! Poyomon!" Surprisingly, the narrator chimes in to give us a rundown. Poyomon is a Baby-stage Digimon with no type.

(To my understanding, Baby I-stage Digimon never have a type. They have to get to Baby II before they develop one.)

Narrator: Poyomon! A slimy Digimon shaped like a jellyfish. It is said to be the most primitive of lifeforms. Its vitality and adaptability are greater than you might expect from its unassuming appearance.

Tentomon takes care of this in the dub.

Tentomon: Poyomon is a jellyfish-type Digimon of few words. But, if his friends are in trouble, he's ready for action!

Trying really hard to sell Baby Jelly as a badass there, Tentomon. Gritty 90's Americana at work?

At last, the kids shout their farewells to the denizens of File Islands and set sail for Server.

Narrator: The seven children learned how to survive using their own strength, by fighting Digimon, and by forming friendships with Digimon. And so the children left File Island behind.

Tai takes care of this bit of narration over in the dub.

Tai: So we sailed away from File Island where we had some really cool adventures! When we had to survive on our own, we grew up very fast. Except Joe; He just threw up very fast, ha! But he came around too! We don't know what's waiting for us on the other side of the ocean but we'll face it as a team!

XD Poor Joe. Rude to call him out like that, Tai.

Meanwhile, my ass is over here like,

Drake: And so the kids... completed the tutorial level. Now that they're in the open world sandbox, the real game can begin. Holy crap.

Once the kids are out on open ocean, it doesn't take long to start talking about the survival logistics of their journey.

Taichi: (looking through telescope) I can't see anything. Jou: I wonder how long it will take? Taichi: We just set sail! Jou: But even if we ration our food and water supplies to bare minimum, they'll only last us half a month. Taichi: Then we can fish or something! Sora: All we need to hope for right now is good weather.

Jou's right to be concerned here. Catching fish won't solve their problems if they run out of water.

(While we're all traveling by raft, this would probably be a great time to bring back the compass from Mimi's dad's survival kit. But I think the show's forgotten she had that.)

The dub tweaks Joe's line to add onto his concerns.

Joe: The salt air is killing my sinuses and we've only got enough food for two weeks.

They also remove his mention of water supplies. Without that concern, Tai's plan to supplement their supplies with freshly-caught fish seems more effective.

Despite the dub giving Joe so much shit for seasickness, it's actually the young'uns Koushiro and Mimi getting queasy at the back of the raft. Though Takeru seems to be handling himself okay.

Apart from nearly losing Poyomon to the waves, that is.

Suddenly, a colossal wave nearly capsizes their raft. They make it through, but struggle for a moment to discern where it could have come from.

Yamato: Where did that come from!? Koushiro: There's no wind here that could be causing these waves! Jou: Maybe a ship is passing nearby? Taichi: There's no ship here!

I want to say that was a silly guess by Jou, but given how many random human things are scattered about File Island, human ships freely wandering the ocean is entirely plausible. There are no rules here.

The cause of the wave, however, is something much more frightening.

Their raft is caught in the wake of a colossal Whamon. A frankly confusing Digimon, Whamon is a Vaccine-type Aquatic Digimon whose stage is... complicated. Due to what I can only assume are creative inconsistencies, Whamon are either Adult-stage or Perfect-stage depending on the media.

Adventure's rundown pegs them as Adult-stage in its data boxes.

Narrator: Whamon. An enormous Digimon who lives in the Digital World's deep seas. The giant tidal waves he causes and his Jet Arrow blasting through his blowhole are fiercer than you might expect.

Notably, I believe this is the very first mention of the world they're in as Digital Sekai or "The Digital World" rather than Digimon Kai or "Digimon World".

Fortunately for the dub, Tentomon quickly asserts in the original that we're still close enough to File Island for him to recognize this Digimon.

Gabumon: W-Why is he doing this!? Tentomon: Whamon is a powerful monster, but he always keeps to the bottom of the ocean!

The Partner Digimon knowing nothing beyond the borders of File Island is a factor that has not kicked in yet.

Tentomon: Whamon is a giant Digimon who lives in the deep oceans of the Digital World. Its Jet Arrows are unbelievable! Gabumon: It was massive! Tentomon: A Whamon can sometimes be fierce but I've never seen one act this aggressive!

Whew! The diegetic rundowns are still in the clear! No time to worry about that now, though! We're under attack!

In case there was any doubt over whether Whamon is purposely harassing us or not, he quickly clarifies his intentions by devouring the raft whole.

Koushiro: This must be Whamon's shokudou (either 'esophagus' or 'restaurant' depending on the kanji)! And by that, I don't mean the 'restaurant' version of shokudou! Jou: We're aware! Mimi: He ate us after all! Sora: How far until the exit!? Koushiro: The exit is his butt! Mimi: I don't want to leave that way! Palmon: Like poop. Mimi: Don't say that!

So here we have more fun with Japanese linguistics and also talking about poop. Obviously some changes were going to happen here, but not as many as you might expect.

Sora: I hope we don't give him a sore throat! Izzy: Technically, it's not the throat! It's the esophagus that leads to the stomach! Joe: He thinks we're fast food! Mimi: So he really did eat us! Sora: Sooner or later, this has to lead to an exit! Izzy: It does, but you don't wanna go there! Mimi: This is damaging my hair all the way to the roots! Palmon: Use my roots. Mimi: You're a plant!

They still tie in the esophagus, even if they have to recontextualize it to get away from Koushiro frantically babbling about linguistics. They also keep the butt joke by implying it instead of outright stating it.

Also, the roots/"You're a plant!" bit got a big laugh out of me. I don't say this a lot but this is one time I think the dub greatly improved this scene.

The kids quickly find themselves under attack by the least effective antibodies in history, which throw themselves haplessly into the water and miss the raft by a wide margin despite the kids doing nothing but screaming and cowering.

Then, at the end of their journey, they spill out into Whamon's stomach. Fitting his strange cyborg whale design, his stomach is a machine. Red lights around the edge suddenly light up with a loud activation tone, releasing gastric juice into the stomach for digestion.

After Koushiro briefly explains gastric acid for the kids at home, we get this exchange.

Taichi: Don't fall in! Jou: We've got to get out of here quickly before things get worse!

Which the dub edits to:

Tai: Don't let it get on you! Joe: We'd better get out of here before we give him a major ulcer!

Similar to Sora's line about the sore throat, the dub kids seem more worried that being in here might hurt Whamon than for their own safety.

Speaking of ulcers, it's at that moment that Sora notices something directly above them.

Whoops! Looks like Devimon missed one when he was recalling all the Black Gears to Infinity Mountain.

Taichi: A Black Gear! Agumon: So that's why Whamon was running wild! Gomamon: Let's help him! Jou: How? Palmon: Climb up there using my vines!

Over in the dub, poor Joe gets called out again.

Tai: It's a Black Gear! Agumon: That's why Whamon was acting so aggressive! Gomamon: Joe, do something to help! Joe: Why me? Palmon: Someone can climb on these!

Man, it really is Pick On Joe Day over at American Digimon.

Dangerous as this is, Palmon ensnares the Black Gear with her Poison Ivy. Then Taichi makes the ascent, climbing hand-over-hand to reach it. Once he's close enough, the light from his Digivice shines and harmlessly disintegrates the Gear. Palmon pulls Taichi back towards the raft before he can land somewhere else.

As soon as the Gear's destroyed, Whamon's stomach glows with a strange light. The raft ascends and, before long, the kids are all ejected from Whamon's blowhole.

The good news is, they emerged from his stomach unscathed. The bad news....

So much for that raft. The kids are unharmed, but their means of transportation is totaled and their supplies are now floating in the sea.

However, Whamon isn't done with them yet.

Mimi: DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!!! Whamon: I'm sorry for my outrageous behavior. Piyomon: It's not your fault, Whamon! Sora: It was because of the Black Gear! Taichi: That must have been the last one! Jou: Are you sure about that? Whamon: My head is clear now, thanks to you. Taichi: Whamon, do you know how far Server Continent is from here? Whamon: Yes. It would take me about five days to get there. Yamato: That means it's pretty far. Takeru: This is bad. Our raft is broken. Whamon: Are you trying to reach Server Continent? Agumon: That's right. Whamon: Allow me to take you as thanks for disposing of the Black Gear. Sora: Really? Mimi: LUCKY!!!

Mimi throws up her arms in celebration. In the process letting go of the log she's floating on and nearly drowning herself. Palmon has to pull her out of the water and reattach her to the log.

XD She got excited.

The dub dialogue is the same, save for some gags added to Whamon's dialogue.

Tai: By the way, do you know how far it is to Server? Whamon: Yes. It would take me five days. Uh, make that three and a half without traffic. T.K.: Great, our raft's broken! Whamon: Are you going to Server? Agumon: Yeah, we were trying to! Whamon: I'll take you there myself. It's not every day your lunch saves your life!

The promise of Whamon-sized traffic sure makes me glad we're not on a raft anymore!

Swimming and bouncing from the water, Whamon makes his way to Server with the kids safely nestled on his back.

Sora: Feels great! Koushiro: This is a much more pleasant experience than the raft. Mimi: I won't get seasick from this! Taichi: Now all that's left is to find the Crests and Tags that Devimon sealed away! Whamon: Did you say Devimon? Taichi: Do you know something? Whamon: I'm not quite sure what you mean by Tags and Crests but I do remember Devimon hiding something under the waves. Taichi: Where!? Whamon: It's on the way to Server Continent. Please take shelter inside my body while I go there.

Dub Whamon adds a particular stipulation.

Whamon: It's on the way to Server. You can all ride inside me and I'll take you there. But no tickling!

That's fair. The last thing we need him to do is sneeze or cough us out at the bottom of the ocean.

Whamon takes the kids down to a secret cave at the bottom of the ocean, where an air pocket exists. He lets them out there and they enter the cave to explore.

Whamon: Since I can't go any farther, I will wait for you here.

Seems fair, being a whale and all. The dub has other ideas for why he can't come with.

Whamon: I'm so out-of-shape, I have to rest here for a while. I gotta drop a couple of thousand pounds!

He can't come into the cave because he's too fat, I guess. Also. Y'know. Marine life.

Before long, they find their destination.

Deji Mart, your one-stop shop for all consumer goods! The "Deji" is how Japan romanizes the word "Digi".

Unfortunately, DigiMart was not left unguarded.

Drimogemon, an Adult-stage Data-type Beast Digimon. His name is a conjunction of "drill" and "mogera", meaning "mole". Drillmolemon.

Narrator: Drimogemon. Living deep underground, he uses his drill to move at high speed. His sharp Drill Spin and Crusher Bone attacks devastate his enemies.

Over in the dub:

Tentomon: Drimogemon lives deep inside the earth drilling tunnels. He uses his iron Drill Spin and Crusher Bone to wipe out his enemies!

Practically verbatim.

He's not just any passing drill mole, either.

Sora: He has a Black Gear! Jou: I knew there were still more of them! Drimogemon: No one may enter here, by order of Devimon-sama! Leave at once!

See, Taichi? Assuming makes an ass out of u and ming.

Gomamon evolves to Ikkakumon so he can hold off Drimgemon. Everyone else makes their way into DigiMart to find those Tags. While Almost immediately after the kids are inside, Ikkakumon hurls Drimogemon through the storefront. The impact shakes the store.

Jou: Ikkakumon, go easy on the attacks!

At this point, Ikkakumon is as much a threat to us as Drimogemon is.

Dub Joe, on the other hand, has a thirst for blood.

Joe: Ikkakumon! You've got him down! Get him!

Joe's going to see Drimogemon go down if it's the last thing he does. Which it may be.

Apparently not listening to Jou, Ikkakumon fires off a Harpoon Vulcan instead of listening. The missile slams into Drimogemon and explodes, rattling the store inside.

It's at this point that Tentomon evolves to join the fight.

(They don't say Ikkakumon is fired from engaging Drimogemon for being too reckless, but there's an implication there.)

Drimogemon tries throwing his signature Crusher Bone at Kabuterimon, but you know how those flying Digimon are with projectile attacks.

With three dimensions of evasion, Kabuterimon maneuvers around Drimogemon and takes out his Black Gear with a precisely-aimed Mega Blaster.

(Was that so hard, Ikkakumon?)

Amid all the friendly fire-inflicted carnage at the DigiMart, Takeru loses track of Poyomon. When he finds him again, Poyomon's found the loot!

Mission complete! Drimogemon apologizes for the fight and disappears underground.

Drimogemon: I-I'm very sorry! Gabumon: Wait! Where are the Tags? Drimogemon: Th-They should be in the store. Good luck finding them!

Dub Drimogemon offers more specific directions.

Drimogemon: The Tags should be in the convenience store next to the jerky.

Oh, sweet. We have five days of whale-riding to do so we should stock up on jerky while we have the chance.

Inside the store, the kids open the box to find the Tags they'll need. Setting sail for Server, we close on a reminder of the next stage of this journey.

Yamato: He mentioned the Crests are spread throughout Server Continent, right? Gabumon: Right. If we combine the Tag and Crest.... Agumon: We can evolve further! Taichi: Yeah! We'll definitely find those Crests!

A new adventure begins here.

Assessment: What stands out to me about the Tags and Crests is how Toyetic they are. Digimon as a franchise started its life as an offshoot of Tamagotchi. That's what the Digivices are; They're a way to incorporate the little handheld Tamagotchi device into the anime.

This is a toy-driven series, like Transformers or My Little Pony. It's just a different kind of toy.

Considering that, I am curious if the whole "Use this merchandise sold separately NEW MACGUFFIN to reach Perfect-stage!" thing, like... Is this a thing? A real-world thing being incorporated into the anime, like the Digivice? I dunno. It's certainly peculiar.

In any case, this episode goes strong at the start with the farewell from File Island, but slows down once they're on the ocean.

I'm not a big fan of the DigiMart mission. Having to go on a fetch quest to unlock the ability to go on the next set of fetch quests feels like it's just killing time. Also, it's bloody convenient that the very next person we happened to meet after learning about Devimon's secret stash happens to know where Devimon's secret stash is!

Can you imagine if the stash was somewhere on File Island and we left without even checking? Boy would our faces be red!

This is a bridging episode between the Devimon and Etemon arcs, and the main interesting thing that happens concerns how the cast moves across the ocean. So, for me, it feels like the Tags were just thrown in so we have an excuse to wander off-course and beat up a Bad Guy for the third act climax.

For the dub, it's weird that they put so much emphasis on Joe getting seasick when it's Mimi and Koushiro who spend the episode wrestling with that. It's probably meant as a callback to the Bakemon episode, when he was throwing up over the side of his bed. But he never gets seasick once in this one.

Still, while their characterization choices stumble in a few places, they're able to lay down most of the important plot points with few deviations. We've seen better dubs than this episode, but we've seen worse too.

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theanxiousghostartist · 1 month ago

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I also did #actuallyinfected2024

this year, hosted by @/ actuallyrea

or GinjaNinjaOwO on Yt!

Day 1- Marker bleed - a

double-sided drawing of my OC,

Valentino using Alcohol Markers!

(Tw- injuries)

Day 2 - Corrupted file - a spooky

illustration based on one of my old

drawings that kept crashing while I

was drawing, done in IBIS Paint X

on my phone.

Day 3 Misprint - a digital drawing

done in IBIS Paint X on my phone

with my OC Unmei inspired by my

printer's past misprints.

Day 4 - Scrapped - an animatic that

I made on my Ipad (my finger is my

stylus there as well G) ft. Gertrude

Robinson from TMA to Mrs.

Robinson from Simon & Garfunkel

Animatic Link (animatic not

pictured)

Day 5 - Spilled Ink - a traditional

drawing using acrylic inks and

watercolors to create a spooky

drawing (tw for implied blood)

Day 6 Analog film - a digital

redrawing in IBIS Paint x on my

phone of one of my past developed

film images

Day 7 - Broken model - a digital

drawing based on a funky model I

made in justsketch.me that's TMA

fanart for Helen Richardson's

Becoming! TW - eyestrain, body

horror

Day 8 - Tangled thread - a digital

drawing on IBIS Paint X on my

phone featuring my OCs Fuun,

Unmei, and Obake and their

intertwining fates.

Day 9 Blue screen - a digital

drawing done in IBlS Paint X on my

phone that's fanart for John

Watson from Sherlock & Co.

Day 10 - Anomalies - a digital

drawing done in IBIS Paint X on my

phone that's fanart for The

Gentleman from Hell! Tw - guns

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hulijingemperor2 · 2 months ago

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🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I just had to skip a chapter~ cuz I can't wait for Xiaobao to arrive❤️

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~Costume party!~

Yao: *relaxing with team d*

Su she: *filing A-Yao's nails*

Mo xuanyu: *admiring him*

Xue yang: *giving him a scalp massage*

Yao: team dimple. I feel like throwing a party.

Everything is going well in my empire, hence I wish to celebrate.

Mo xuanyu: that's a great idea, Yao gege.

Yao: mhm. It will be in two days.

Xue yang: would it be a costume party?

Yao: I'm planning to make it immortal and yokai themed.

The guests can dress as whatever yokai, deity or immortal if they wish.

Mo xuanyu: yay!!

Su she: huangdi, your parties are always so unique.

Yao: thank you dear. Please, Minshan, call my assistants. We have a party to plan.

Su she: yes Huangdi. I'll be right back.

Mo xuanyu: I have an outfit to plan!

Yao: oh yes, certainly.

Mo xuanyu: but I'll do that later. I want to stalk you, and maybe steal a kiss.

Xue yang: simp.

Mo xuanyu: we're all simps.

*thugs on A-Yao's sleeve and pouts* Yao gege. Kiss.

Yao: *lifts chin* you have to do something to get a kiss.

Mo xuanyu: I'll do anything for a kiss from you.

Xue yang: what to do, Jiggy? I'll do it too!

Mo xuanyu: yangyang, Yao gege asked me!

Yao: I'll tell you guys after I talk to my assistants.

*kisses both of them* then you'll get some more kisses.

Mo xuanyu: *blushing* Yao gege, Yao gege, Yao gege!

Xue yang: *kisses him deeply* Jiggy. Omg. Can you undress a little.

Yao: not now.

Xue yang: ok fine, baby.

Su she: *enters* Huangdi.

Xiying and Fuying: greetings Huangdi.

Yao: ah, great that you're here. Minshan maybe told you.

I'm planning on having a costume party, to celebrate the empire.

Let's discuss some details.

~~~

The party started, and A-Yao's guests began arriving. His harem as well as a couple fox spirits all showed up dressed as yokais or immortals.

Most of the fox spirits dressed as other types of fox spirits (kitsune dressed as a hulijing, hulijing dressed as a Gumiho)

Nie Huaisang dresses as Cangjie, the immortal of calligraphy, writing and the arts. cangjie also worked with the Yellow Emperor, and Jiang cheng dresses as an Okami, a wolf spirit.

Zixuan dresses as God of wealth, Caishen. Yanli dresses as goddess Chang'e and Jinling dressea as Fenghuang, a Phoenix spirit and Luo Yuan dresses as a weaver girl.

Ouyang Zizhen dresses as a dragon spirit as well.

In addition, Nie mingjue dresses as Xing tian (is a headless giant. Who was decapitated by the Yellow Emperor as punishment for challenging him.

He just wore clothes as a warrior, while carrying Baxia and a shield.

(I like foreshadowing)

Our Jin guangyao dressed as the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi)

Speaking of Yao huangdi~~~ this is what the Mengs, Lan Xichen, and team d were wearing.

Xichen ( dressed as a qilin): *kneels* A-Yao Huangdi.

Yao (dressed as the Yellow Emperor): Huan, you're making me blush. Get up.

Xichen: *stood up, and touches his face* may I kiss you?

Yao: why are you asking? You always do.

Xichen: you're looking so gorgeous that, *blushing* I get shy. And you always dress as an emperor.

Yao: because I'm the emperor, silly.

Kiss me, before team d, Song'er and Yi'er sees.

Xichen: *goes to kiss him, but stops* A-Yao, your crown beads are in the way.

Yao: oh right. *shifts it*

Xichen: *kisses*

Yao: *smiles*

Mo xuanyu: Yao gege, Yao gege!! How do i look?

Am I a cute Kitsune!

Yao: waw! A very cute Kitsune!

Mo xuanyu: thank you, Huangdi. *kisses his dimple*

Lan lips, you're taking Yao gege's spotlight.

Xichen: how can I. When he's this gorgeous.

Su she (dressed as a kasa obake): gosh Lan lips. No need to be cliche.

Xichen: I'm just saying my thoughts.

Mo xuanyu: Lan lips, he's our Yao gege.

Xue yang (dressed as a nekomata, with a pink bow in his hair): *pouts* Jiggy.

(A nekomata~ a two tailed black cat spirit)

Yao: yangyang, what's up. You look amazing too.

Xue yang: yuyu tied a bow in my hair after I told him that I want to he dark and mysterious.

Mo xuanyu: yangyang, we know that you're girly pop. Just admit it.

Yao: oh dear.

But you still can be dark and mysterious.

So you don't want candy then?

Xue yang: Jiggy.

Jiggy, of course I want candy.

Jiggy. *hugs* if you're free later, I would like you to show me your 'Yellow emperor'

Yao: *hits him with his fan* naughty.

Su she: stop harassing Huangdi!

And especially when *blush* he looks like that.

Xue yang: who's gonna stop me.

Su she: Huangdi would. He would punish you.

Xue yang: oh come on Shanshan. That's team dimple's dream to be punished by Jiggy.

Jiggy, I want you to whip me.

Yao: *rolls eyes and opens fan*

Xue yang: I love it when you're a mean diva. Omg.

Su she: Huangdi is so gorgeous.

Mo xuanyu: can you like, marry us again. And whip us afterwards of course.

Jingyi (dressed as a dragon spirit): hey simps. Hey Diedie.

Rusong (dressed as an Ungaikyo mirror inmortal): A-Die, are they troubling you again?

Yao: *sighs dramatically* you know team d. Anyways dear. Your cosplay is gorgeous. And yours too, Yi'er.

Both: thanks A-Die.

Yao: a mirror inmortal. Ah, I was once drawn as one. Because I'm known for my mirror portal.

Rusong: that's where I get the idea from.

Team dimple.

Team dimple: *kneels* DIANXIA!!!!!! We're sorry.

Xichen: *kneels*

Mo xuanyu: *cries* you're not a part of team dimple, Lan lips!!!

Rusong: team d, chill.

Jingyi: hilarious.

Yao: *pats Rusong's head fondly* my dear son. Commanding team dimple. I love that.

Rusong: *smiling*

Su she: well he's our second boss.

Xue yang: mini boss Dianxia.

A-qing *dressed as a Huxian* : I didn't know it was raining simps. *hugs Rusong*

Rusong: aww, look at you. *lifts chin*

A-qing: where's my kiss, Rusong?

Rusong: *kisses her*

Xue yang: but A-qing you're the biggest simp here.

A-qing: you wish! Now let me have a moment with rich gege!

Xue yang: (after literally flirting with A-Yao a while ago) rent a room.

A-qing: no!

Rusong: gorgeous fox goddess. I love your costume.

A-qing: thanks rich gege. *blush*

Rusong: maybe this is how our child may look.

Meng hulijing with your face.

A-qing: *buries her head in his chest* Rusong!!!

Yao: not them planning to make me a grandfather early.

Qin Su ( dressed as Bixia, the goddess of fertility): *enters with Taihua in her arms, and Meng Shi* Huangdi. Guess who's here!

Taihua was dressed as Nuba, the goddess of droughts, and daughter of the Yellow Emperor.

Meng Shi: your Nuba is here!

Taihua: A-Die!!

Yao: awww. Nuba. You're so adorable!! *hugs and puts her in his arms* my baby.

Taihua: you look so fancy, A-Die.

Yao: thank you, A-hua. *kisses*

Meng Shi: aww.

Looks like Huahua is ready to take the spotlight.

Yao: she always has everyone's attention.

Meng Shi: just like you.

Yao: haha, definitely.

Qin Su: her emerald earrings and necklace were mine. But I let the jewelers adjust it for her.

Yao: that's so cute.

I recognized that piece.

Qin Su: I'm just so obsessed with dressing Huahua up like a doll.

Yao: ah same here. She is our little doll.

Taihua: Song gege, Qing jiejie, er ge. How do I look?

Rusong: very cute. Like a goddess.

Jingyi: you look lovely, Hua.

A-qing: you always look like a baby supermodel.

Just like your A-niang.

Xue yang: why are you asking, A-qing, Hua. She doesn't know what's fashion. Ask team dimple instead.

Taihua: no.

Well ok. Uncle Mo, uncle Su. How do I look?

Both: very adorable.

Taihua: thank you. Uncle muffin doesn't know what fashion is.

Meng shi and the rest: *laughing*

Rusong: very good, Hua!

Xue yang: don't listen to Rusong. I pretty well know what is fashion.

Afterwards, A-Yao and the rest greeted their guests, then took their seats. A group of kitsune dancers furthermore started their performance.

Mo xuanyu: Yao Huangdi, can I get a kiss.

Taihua: *sitting on Ayaos lap* behave, uncle mo!

Mo xuanyu: *gasps*

Su she: little Gongzhu only allows Huanghou to kiss Huangdi or ask him for a kiss.

Qin Su: Huangdi, can I get a kiss?

Yao: ah, sure dear. *kisses*

Mo xuanyu: *jealous*

Taihua: team dimple needs to behave.

Rusong: they'll never learn, Hua.

Jingyi: they're forever simps.

Yao: *kisses team dimple*

Team d: *blushing*

Taihua: omg.

A-Die has a soft spot for team d.

Yao: mhm.

Yao: that was a lovely performance. Let's go chat with people.

Uh A-Su, team d, we'll go with Hua.

Qin Su: sure.

Meng Shi: I'll go talk to some famous Gumihos. As well as Hua cheng. I must thank him for his service for the fox spirits.

Yao: oh great. Do you think we should give him some more positions?

Meng Shi; he's definitely qualified for it.

Qin Su: He's already the protector and ambassador or fox spirits. Maybe he can move to 1st rank.

Yao: good suggestion.

That will be another ceremony though.

Qin Su: of course.

Yao: A-Song, A-Yi, go ahead and greet people.You're young Mengs, and everyone must see your beauty.

A-Song, is Ouyang Zizhen here?

Rusong: yes, yes he is.

Ouyang Zizhen is dressed as a dragon spirit.

Yao: lovely. Meet him up, but take A-qing with you to talk to people.

Rusong: sure. *opens fan elegantly, then took A-qing's hand* let's go.

A-qing: *blushing* Ah, let's go!

Qin Su: adorable couple.

Yao: indeed.

I suggest that Rusong proposes one of these days. Also I have been planning his wedding for so long.

Qin su: that's every parent's dream. I really look forward to see my little Songsong get married to his love.

Yao: I know right. That's why I was planning a flawless wedding.

He may marry his concubine when he becomes Huangdi.

Qin Su: mn.

Taihua: A-Die, A-niang. That means I got to go shopping for gege's wedding.

Qin Su: of course you do, baby.

Yao: oh yes, princess Meng needs something new to wear.

#the huli jing emperor #foxyao #hulijing emperor 2 #meng yao #dimpledlianfang #jin guangyao #jin zixuan #part 2 #su she #the untamed

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drkineildwicks · 10 months ago

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BH6 Snippets--2/15/2024

More work on the sequel to (Not So) Hated by Life Itself today (really got to figure out the sequel's name)

So in the fic, during the bit in "Something Fluffy" when Hiro tries quizzing Dr. Amara, Obake does instead. Shenanigans ensue and Karmi disapproves.

“Hang up on her,” Obake advised. “Hiro don’t be rude like Obake,” Tadashi said, heading over. “Okay ‘scuse me gotta get the buns out,” Cass said, breezing by—stopped at the sight of the phone. “What happened why is it unplugged?” “I’m avoiding a call,” he told her. “Yeah but I have people calling for orders and stuff,” she said, plugging it back in. “Oh wait buns—” Deep sigh, sagging further when the phone rang—answered it. “Hello this is the Lucky Cat Café, how may I direct your call?” “Listen you creepy jerk—” Karmi started. “I’m sorry, you have reached our answering service, please wait for the click before filing your complaint.” Hung up. “I saw that,” Cass said, walking by with the buns. “Who was that?” “One of the reasons you regularly have chicken pâté.” “Ah.” Look at the phone when it rang again. “Want me to get that?” “If you must.” She picked up the receiver. “Hi, this is the Lucky Cat Café.” Look at Obake questioningly; he shook his head. “He’s not in right now, may I take a message? Yeah he just stepped out. Hold on let me get a pen.” Put the phone to her chest, scanning the ceiling like she was mentally tallying how long would be too long. “Okay I’m back. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Maybe I don’t use that wording. Sure, I’ll tell him as soon as he gets back. Do you want to order something while you’re on the line? Okay, maybe next time. Bye now.” Hung up the phone, looked at Obake. “So I have questions on how you spent your afternoon.” “Meantime I’ve just realized why you’re a cat person.”

The last exchange references an old Pickles Sunday strip, where the husband feigns getting a pen and notepad and taking down a message for his wife, all without ever getting up. The strip ends with the cat looking at him and going so maybe you ARE a cat person after all.

#bh6 #bh6 month #obake #big hero 6 #big hero six #aunt cass #big hero 6 the series #big hero six the series #(not so) hated by life itself sequel #still needs a name #that time-travelling obake au

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chiropteracupola · 2 years ago

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tagged by @kigiom! thank you, pal!

last song: 'start it all over again' by battlefield band... I've had it on loop for at least an hour while very placidly and peacefully writing an email, which is on the whole a weirdly Nice experience for reasons I can't at all comprehend.

currently watching: among other things, a selection of episodes of star trek tng and the dubious animorphs show at the scifi society.

currently reading: still picking at my annual reread of glen grant's obake files... got a little distracted by reading the wolf and the watchman and I have not managed to get my brain back on track quite yet.

current obsession: as you may have noticed, I remain haunted by flintlock fortress at all hours of the day and night. other than that? idly keeping an eye on the sawbones poll, contemplating costuming projects, generally enjoying life, I guess?

and I shall tag... @what-even-is-sleep, @cytocutie, @alizuriacrow, @graveyardrabbit, @pentecostwaite, @benjhawkins, @cedarboots, and anyone else interested in sharing!

#one of those tag things #I have THREE-ish big outfits that I want to/have to make this summer... best get started on those soonishly :/#stay tuned to watch your local emmothy try to figure out how to look at least a little bit butch at fancy summertime events #'em how about you focus on the project that needs to get done by tuesday' 'NO I am only thinking about stuff happening MONTHS FROM NOW'#...on that note I really ought to finish that email.#edited to add: email sent. 'dear administrator I need to see your owls. thank you goodbye <3'

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doomboy911 · 7 months ago

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Theme Yokai (Chōchin-obake)

Prompt List

Creature Codex Art Challenge

Commentary

Well I already made my favorite wall yokai so I might as well double back and make my second favorite Tsukumogami I love the idea of something gaining sentience after getting enough time and I really wish there was a yokai for stuffed animals lovingly passed down from one child to the next. I like the idea so much I'm working on a feat for constructs that allow them to become awakened after living long enough. Just a neat idea. For this piece I kept it simple and used only 4 colors and while I initially used a bright white I had in the eye I settled instead for the dark reddish brown for the body.

I encourage everyone hear to search Creature Codex Year of Yokai masterpost because its full of great beasties.

Palette picked

#Yokai #Chōchin-obake #pixel art #year of art #year of art 2024 #Creature Codex #codexartchallenge #Marrow4

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popculturelib · 1 year ago

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Haunted States of America: Hawaii

The Secret Obake Casebook: Tales from the Darkside of the Cabinet (1997) by Glen Grant

Glen Grant was a folklorist who wrote both fiction and nonfiction about ghosts and other spirits from Hawaiian and Japanese mythology. The Chicken Skin series is his fictionalized work, while the Obake Files report on real-life encounters Grant experienced or documented. Both terms come from Hawaiian Pidgin: obake originates from a Japanese word for "ghost," while chicken skin is another name for goosebumps. The Secret Obake Casebook falls somewhere between the two: fictionalized retellings based on "genuine firsthand ghostly encounters in Supernatural Hawai'i."

Other books about ghosts in Hawaii:

The Obake Files: Ghostly Encounters in Supernatural Hawai'i (1996) by Glen Grant

Chicken Skin: Trust Spooky Stories of Hawai'i (1996) by Rick Carroll

Glen Grant's Chicken Skin Tales: 49 Favorite Ghost Stories from Hawaii (1998) by Glen Grant

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States. Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

#bgsu #libraries on tumblr #haunted states of america #ghosts #hawaii #glen grant #books

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monarch-boo · 2 years ago

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Speculation on the model files Noesis won't open.

As I said in my last post, one of my only leads on some of the models I'm missing is these files right here.

They appear to be the same format as the files I can successfully open in Noesis, .nj, Ninja Chunk Models, yet these ones do not open. Noesis recognizes them as a known format only up until the point that you try to preview or export them, by which point you get an error.

If anyone knows how to get these ones to actually open, I'm all ears.

I'm just gonna openly speculate on what these files are supposed to be because at the moment all I really have are guesses, and these filenames are slightly more straightforward than the names of players and enemies were, but only slightly.

● First guess: they are the interiors and other areas.

EFCASH may be the Cashman boss room, EFKMAN could the back rooms of the park i.e. the entire Killerman stage. EFZONIC is probably Toy Hell.

Edit: "oniku" means "meat", so EFONIKU, especially judging by the tiny filesize, is just Mr. Meat's Steakhouse.

● Second guess: these could possibly actually be where the missing NPCs are. Perhaps despite being .nj like the other models, these could be whole packages of models, or the inner workings of the files are otherwise different.

EFCASH could be characters like Hell Cake, Mr. Meat, the roaches, etc. EFKMAN could be where Cunningham and Jason and such are.

Under this assumption I don't think EFZONIC would have every ToyHunter NPC, the filesize is too tiny, if these files have NPCs in them EFZONIC is probably just Zodick's operators.

☆ It may help if I figure out what the other filenames even mean. They're Japanese words, I know that much. I recognize OBAKE from SM64 level select, translates to "GHOST". I can't glean what would be in this file by name alone, sadly. Maybe the graveyard area from ToyHunter.

Unless perhaps TORE is a simple typo of STORE by which that may have to do with Killer Department Store (filesize feels too small to be the whole stage though) or could even just be Bloody Mary's Pharmacy.

#post #feels more likely to be stages than npcs #not ruling out missing npcs though because if they're not in these i have no clue where they could possibly be #kinda cope/hopeful for npcs

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petri808 · 6 years ago

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Obake Files

@nalu-fluff-week Nalu fluff week sept 12 adventure (AU story)

It was by no means the most idiotic idea her boyfriend has ever had, but it was certainly not one she was looking forward to either. First of all, it was lame, I mean who even does this anymore, high schoolers that were bored, maybe even college frat boys on a dare. Lucy thought they were beyond the foolish whims of adolescence, but this was Natsu she needed to remind herself, mister spontaneous who would jump off the cliff at South Point or still hung upside down on a jungle gym with primary schoolers.

“And where pray-tell did you plan to go ghost hunting?”

“Gray was telling me about the old hospital…”

“You mean ‘baby’s cries’?”

“Yeah! You heard of it?”

“Who hasn’t heard the stories, supposedly you hear the sounds of babies crying or nonsense, lights from nowhere, all the typical mumbo jumbo.”

“So, you don’t believe any of it?”

“Nope.”

“Well then you won’t get scared.” Grabbing her hands and pouting, “Please Luce?”

Sigh, “Just don’t whine to me when you see it’s nothing.”

~~xx~~

The old Hilo Memorial hospital was a relic from the days of 1892 and like many old structures, tales of paranormal events can be common. Local residents have all heard the stories, but the most famous had to be of infants crying. While rumors of a devastating fire still abound, there is no record of one ever taking place on the site, but if you consider the level of medical care one could receive in the early parts of the last century, one could assume that a few babies may not have survived long after birth. In fact, one of Hawaii’s customs of celebrating a child’s first birthday is rooted in this part of olden day life.

And leave it to an idiot to want to investigate a place like that.

Of course, access to the private property would be considered trespassing since it wasn’t a fully abandoned site yet plus the real phenomena tends to happen in the later parts of or the early morning hours, neither of which sounded very thrilling for said fools, poor girlfriend. Luckily for her, the other part of the idiot duo agreed to join them. Frankly, if Lucy could convince Gray into helping her scare her boyfriend out of the place quickly she’d be willing to forgive him for suggesting this in the first place!

“Okay, Juvia is going to drop us off at the hospital and will be back by 1am unless we call her sooner.”

“Great 2 hours stuck here,” Lucy rolls her eyes, “I’m hoping for the sooner part.”

“Aww,” Natsu throws his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder, “be positive Luce and have some fun with it.”

“You know I told you the story about this place, but I didn’t mean for you to want to come here.”

“Gray, don’t you know me by now? That kind of story just screams for me to check it out!”

He rolls his eyes, “you are such an idiot, but let’s get this over with.”

With flashlights sweeping the grounds, the trio make their way through the overgrown brush into the derelict buildings. Natsu had done some research and was pretty sure he was leading them towards the famed nursery ward where most of the ‘activity’ is supposed to take place. It was a moonless night which made traversing the area difficult, lots of rotting equipment left behind, even the Coqui frogs seemed deafening. To top it all off it had rained earlier in the day leaving puddles everywhere and a damp musty smell in the air, but not the wet fabric that sat a little too long, more like an organic, algae rotting along a pond scent.

“I swear to god Natsu if I step in anything nasty and ruin my sneakers you’re buying me new ones!”

“You’ll be fine Luce…” he stops and holds up an arm motioning for them to do the same, “did you guys hear that?”

“Ugh, you mean the frogs, there’s a river behind here remember?”

“Not the frogs, you guys didn’t hear the scratching sound?”

“It’s probably just a branch or something, there is a slight breeze tonight.”

“I swear it didn’t sound like that, more like something dragging across the ground or…”

“Dude you’ve been watching too many horror movies,” Gray pushes Natsu from behind, “keep going, the faster we move, the faster we get out of here.”

“Tch,” Natsu crosses his arms, “you guys are no fun.”

“We didn’t want to be here in the first place!”

“Yeah babe, I’d rather watch a horror movie than try to be In one.”

For the first hour nothing but the sounds of nature, crickets, frogs, and a few rats were the only real signs of life in this building. Every so often Natsu would stop to investigate a window or side room, claiming to have heard a voice or more movement type sounds but his friends would just groan and roll their eyes. Gray and Lucy didn’t hear or see anything that couldn’t be easily discounted as a critter or just his imagination running wild.

By then they had moved on from the nursery and aside for a few possible forsaken sheds, the other buildings were still in use and locked up tight for the evening.

“Let’s go Natsu, there’s nothing here.”

“But Luce,” her boyfriend whines, “something could still happen.”

“Yeah, me planting my foot on your face,” Gray retorts, “I’m friggen bored and I’d rather be hanging out with my girlfriend then be here.”

“Please Natsu, we’ve entertained your little adventure enough, wouldn’t you rather go home,” the blonde squeezes his arm hinting at other pleasures, “there’s better things we could be doing.”

“Listen to your girlfriend man and take her home…”

“Ugh, fine okay, call Juvia.”

They start walking towards the main parking lot from alongside of the building as Gray calls his girlfriend to pick them up. There was quite a lot of brush that they needed to maneuver around, and Lucy held onto her boyfriend’s hand to keep from getting lost. Just as they reach the corner of the structure a loud crunching sound takes them all by surprise, Lucy squeals and grips to Natsu’s hand, even Gray and Natsu flinch.

“See I told you some…”

A beam of light flashes onto the trio, “What are you kids doing here?!” A security guard stands with one hand on his radio while the other holds a bright flashlight on them.

“N-nothing officer sir,” Natsu steps forward slightly to shield his girl, “we’re just waiting for our ride and got curious about this place.” And just at that moment a pair of headlights enters the parking lot, “see, there’s our ride.”

The security guard turns to look at the vehicle pulling up then back to the group, “I don’t wanna see you guys traipsing around in the dark later or I’ll call the cops, now get!”

“Thank you, sir,” Lucy drags Natsu with her, followed by Gray as they sprint for Juvia’s car. She lets out a big exhale once the doors close and they were safely strapped in. “That was close, no more ghost hunting okay Natsu?”

“Why,” whining and leaning against her shoulder, “there are other places to explore.”

“Then you can go by yourself,” Gray snarls from the passenger seat.

“Even if there are spirits, Juvia thinks it’s better to leave them alone.”

“Good point Juvy,” Lucy pats her friend’s shoulder, “so agreed Natsu? No more ghost hunting because I’m not doing this again.”

“I guess so, it’s no fun to go by myself,” Natsu gives Lucy a quick peck on the lips, then turns and leans forward, “you guys wanna stop at Ken’s, I’m hungry and I’ll treat.”

“Hmph, if the fools willing to pay I’m down,” Gray responds, “Juvia are you okay with that?”

“Juvia is a little hungry too.”

“Great!” Natsu bounces in his seat, “I’m so gonna get the Sumo!” Lucy pulls her boyfriend back to settle down, leaning against him if at least to hold him still, but he takes the hint and places his arm around her shoulder. “I know I’m a pain sometimes but thanks for humoring me Luce.”

“You do make life more interesting,” patting his chest and chuckling, “but next time, learn to listen to your girlfriend!”

#NaLu Fluff Week #nalu fluff week 2018 #day 5 adventure #au story #nalu #obake files #petri808

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