Old Ones Return (II)

*As mentioned previously, they enter the desert. As the Digital Gate closes behind them, DemiDevimon flies high into the sky, looking around.*

T"Do you see the soldiers?"

D<No. Of course, I don't see this blacksmith, either.>

*Euryale checks her D-Power. Finding a little file icon on the bottom, she clicks buttons until the display usually reserved for enemy Digimon opens. This time, however, it shows a crude map. The arrows that indicate them are standing about 50 feet southwest from a crude drawing of smoking black rubble. Looking up, she does see the village wreckage on the skyline. Agumon jumps up, grabbing her hand, & looking at the D-Power.*

A<I see what he means, there are 3 markers for where this guy is supposed to be.>

*Euryale looks back down.*

E"But they are all in the same general area."

A<Meaning they're all on the west coast. Other than that, they don't have very much in common at all. A cave system, an oasis, & another village.>

Azuma: "So we split up and check each area."

Lunamon:<So, two groups of two and one group of three then?>

E"I guess that makes sense."

T"We'll take the caves, DemiDevimon's eyesight works great in the dark."

Taiyo: "I'll go to the oasis."

Azuma: "Smoking pile of rubble."

Lunamon:<We'll go with Thiera and make the team of three.>

E"You do know that it's not the same village, right? I guess I'll go with Taiyo. Give Agumon plenty of room to Digivolve, if need be."

Cameron:<Azuma and Hitomi can go together then.>

Biyomon:<To the village.>

Azuma: "A village is a village. And should Patamon have to Digivolve he'll have more room for flight assuming we're not indoors."

Taiyo: "Well, then lets go."

*And so they start walking, splitting off in 3 different directions as they go. So far, the groups are still in view of each other, although the shimmering of the sand makes it difficult to see what's going on.*
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*Euryale looks at her D-Power.*

E"So it looks like it's pretty featureless until we get about an acre away from the coast--"
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T"--Then there are a bunch of small rock formations."

*She looks up, then points to a series of rock domes on the horizon.*

T"Though I guess we don't really need to follow them."

Azuma looks at his D-Power.

Would've been nice if we could have been dropped off closer to our destination.

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Taiyo: "Should we follow them?"

*Cameron shrugs*

<I guess not.>

"There's one that looks a bit like an oyster, if we turn northwest there, we should find the oasis."
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*It would seem that Azuma & Hitomi are just stumbling around blindly in a desert. They come across a trio of rock spikes spread between 30 & 60 feet apart from each other.*
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*Thiera & Friends just keep heading for the cave.*

*Kylie picks up Lunamon after she decided to kick sand into Biyomon's face*

Kylie:<Bad!>

Lunamon:<It was a joke.>

Patamon: "You don't know what you're doing, do you?"

Azuma: "Nope."

He looks at the map in relation to the rock formation and begins heading in the direction of the village from there.

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Taiyo: "All right. Um...how's your foot doing? I'm sure Kyubimon wouldn't mind taking us the rest of the way if it's bothering you."

She looks at Renamon who appears pretty indifferent to the proposed idea.

E"I'll be fine...I think I can see it."

*Shimmering on the horizon is a line of blue-green & what looks like a palm tree.*
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*They eventually arrive to find a trio of cave entrances around the rocks.*
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*When they arrive at the spot on the map, they find not buildings, but rows upon rows of telephone booths.*

Lunamon:<I guess we have to split up again.>

Patamon: "I think you took a wrong turn at that last rock."

Azuma: "I think you're not helping."

Hitomi goes into a phonebooth and picks up the reciever.

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Taiyo: "All right."

Renamon looks about from left to right and over her shoulder.

*She hears a really annoying static noise.*
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*Euryale looks at Renamon.*

"What's wrong?"
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<Fine by me.>

*DemiDevimon flies into the central opening. Of course, Thiera jogs in after her.*

*Kylie and Lunamon take the right, Cameron and Biyomon the left*

Hitomi hangs up.

Azuma: "Anything?"

Hitomi: "No."

Azuma: "Well, hell. This can't be the right place. I don't want to check every phone."

Despite that he goes into another phone booth and picks up the reciever.

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Renamon: "It seems too quiet."

*Another annoying static noise.*
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*She shrugs.*

"Well, it's a desert. Not much happens in them."

*In spite of that, she looks around.*

"Agu, you want to fly up & check things out?"
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*Biyomon & Cameron are stumbling around in the darkness. They keep smacking against hard rock surfaces. Lunamon seems like she'd be able to see in the dark, so she sees that the tunnel she's in quickly branches into 2.*

Azuma hangs up and looks at the map.

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Because panic is contagious, Taiyo looks around.

Taiyo: "What if the enemy knows about the blacksmith as well?"

Lunamon:<Which path?>

Kylie:<Let's try the right first.>

*They do that*
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*They try and feel their way along*

OOC: She's not panicking, though.

*This leads them to a dead end.*
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E"Then we have to find it before they do."

*She swipes the Hyper Wing, & Agumon swoops into the air, circling overhead like a damn vulture.*
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*They don't run into anything, but they could be going in circles for all they know.*
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*They are indeed in the right spot. The whole point of interest is only a couple blocks.*